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Campaign For Wool And British Wool Week

EDM number 939 in 2010-12, proposed by Timothy Farron on 02/11/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and Manufacturing industries.

That this House praises the efforts of the Campaign for Wool in promoting the use of wool for fashion, interior design and the built environment; acknowledges the benefits of wool as a natural and sustainable material with lower carbon emissions in production than man-made fibres; recognises the potential of the introduction of a green label for woollen products to encourage shops to promote wool garments and furnishings; commends HRH The Prince of Wales for his role in promoting the campaign and highlighting the low prices paid to sheep farmers for their fleeces; and calls on the Government to support the campaign to ensure British sheep farming remains an important component of the international textiles industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Farron02/11/2010Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George02/11/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley02/11/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Eric Illsley03/11/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
Martin Caton03/11/2010GowerLabourSeconded
Alan Meale03/11/2010MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn03/11/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson04/11/2010Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
John Leech04/11/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Blenkinsop04/11/2010Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
John Pugh08/11/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins09/11/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/11/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/11/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jonathan Edwards10/11/2010Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Williams17/11/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Crockart17/11/2010Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon18/11/2010North DownIndependentSigned
David Crausby02/12/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell09/12/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned

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