Seed Sovereignty
EDM number 466 in 2014-15, proposed by Diane Abbott on 04/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Agriculture and Farmers.
That this House notes that access to seed resources is central to small-scale farmers' ability to maintain resilient and productive livelihoods; further notes that, in facing the effects of climate change and changing global market forces, it is essential that poor farmers in Africa and elsewhere are supported to access and develop sustainable, productive and affordable seed resources through community-controlled initiatives; further notes that just three corporations now control 53 per cent of the global seed market, whilst farmers are experiencing dangerous levels of the debt and vulnerability as such corporations come to control their seed supply; further notes that UK aid is currently supporting initiatives such as the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition that promote plant variety protection laws such as in Ghana that fail to protect poor and indigenous farmers and are likely to increase the market dominance of transnational seed corporations; further notes that the Department for International Development committed in 2005 to end policy conditionality for UK aid recipients, yet seed policy reforms required from some recipient states as part of aid commitments under the New Alliance appear in practice to undermine this commitment; and calls on the Government to support community-controlled initiatives to assist farmers to access sustainable, affordable and productive seed varieties instead of initiatives that increase corporate control of seed markets.
This motion has been signed by a total of 113 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Diane Abbott | 04/11/2014 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Proposed |
Mark Durkan | 04/11/2014 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Seconded |
Peter Bottomley | 04/11/2014 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
Jeremy Corbyn | 04/11/2014 | Islington North | Labour | Seconded |
Margaret Ritchie | 04/11/2014 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Seconded |
David Simpson | 05/11/2014 | Upper Bann | DUP | Seconded |
Michael Weir | 05/11/2014 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Alan Meale | 05/11/2014 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 05/11/2014 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
David Anderson | 05/11/2014 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
Martin Caton | 05/11/2014 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
John Leech | 05/11/2014 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Sandra Osborne | 05/11/2014 | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
George Galloway | 05/11/2014 | Bradford West | Respect | Signed |
Andrew George | 06/11/2014 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mary Glindon | 06/11/2014 | North Tyneside | Labour | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 06/11/2014 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 06/11/2014 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
John Pugh | 07/11/2014 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 07/11/2014 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
Iain McKenzie | 10/11/2014 | Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
Caroline Lucas | 10/11/2014 | Brighton, Pavilion | Green | Signed |
Austin Mitchell | 10/11/2014 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
Frank Field | 10/11/2014 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
Dai Havard | 10/11/2014 | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
Lady Hermon | 10/11/2014 | North Down | Independent | Signed |
Ian Mearns | 11/11/2014 | Gateshead | Labour | Signed |
David Heyes | 11/11/2014 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
David Crausby | 11/11/2014 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
Valerie Vaz | 11/11/2014 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 11/11/2014 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Adrian Sanders | 11/11/2014 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Robertson | 11/11/2014 | Glasgow North West | Labour | Signed |
Alan Reid | 17/11/2014 | Argyll and Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 17/11/2014 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
Grahame Morris | 17/11/2014 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 17/11/2014 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Zac Goldsmith | 17/11/2014 | Richmond Park | Conservative | Signed |
Tom Harris | 17/11/2014 | Glasgow South | Labour | Signed |
Kate Hoey | 17/11/2014 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
Elfyn Llwyd | 17/11/2014 | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Tony Cunningham | 17/11/2014 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
Julian Huppert | 17/11/2014 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Rosie Cooper | 17/11/2014 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
Mike Thornton | 17/11/2014 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Mann | 17/11/2014 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
Bob Ainsworth | 17/11/2014 | Coventry North East | Labour | Signed |
Mark Tami | 17/11/2014 | Alyn and Deeside | Labour | Signed |
John Cryer | 17/11/2014 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 17/11/2014 | Hampstead and Kilburn | Labour | Signed |
Natascha Engel | 17/11/2014 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Martin Horwood | 17/11/2014 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Fabian Hamilton | 17/11/2014 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
Mark Hunter | 17/11/2014 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
George Howarth | 17/11/2014 | Knowsley | Labour | Signed |
Virendra Sharma | 17/11/2014 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
Teresa Pearce | 17/11/2014 | Erith and Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
Kevin Barron | 17/11/2014 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 17/11/2014 | Arfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
John McDonnell | 17/11/2014 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
Dave Watts | 18/11/2014 | St Helens North | Labour | Signed |
Anne Begg | 18/11/2014 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
Joan Walley | 18/11/2014 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 18/11/2014 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Signed |
Sarah Champion | 18/11/2014 | Rotherham | Labour | Signed |
Mark Williams | 18/11/2014 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 18/11/2014 | Huddersfield | Labour | Signed |
Michael Meacher | 18/11/2014 | Oldham West and Royton | Labour | Signed |
Sheila Gilmore | 19/11/2014 | Edinburgh East | Labour | Signed |
David Wright | 19/11/2014 | Telford | Labour | Signed |
Naomi Long | 19/11/2014 | Belfast East | Alliance | Signed |
Sammy Wilson | 19/11/2014 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
Katy Clark | 19/11/2014 | North Ayrshire and Arran | Labour | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 20/11/2014 | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Labour | Signed |
Yasmin Qureshi | 20/11/2014 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
Liz McInnes | 21/11/2014 | Heywood and Middleton | Labour | Signed |
Albert Owen | 21/11/2014 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
Frank Doran | 21/11/2014 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
Fiona O'Donnell | 21/11/2014 | East Lothian | Labour | Signed |
Jimmy Hood | 21/11/2014 | Lanark and Hamilton East | Labour | Signed |
Bill Esterson | 25/11/2014 | Sefton Central | Labour | Signed |
Neil Carmichael | 25/11/2014 | Stroud | Conservative | Signed |
Gregory Campbell | 25/11/2014 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
Lindsay Roy | 25/11/2014 | Glenrothes | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Dodds | 26/11/2014 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
Linda Riordan | 26/11/2014 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
Angus Robertson | 26/11/2014 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Eilidh Whiteford | 26/11/2014 | Banff and Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Stewart Hosie | 26/11/2014 | Dundee East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Stephen Gilbert | 27/11/2014 | St Austell and Newquay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 27/11/2014 | Glasgow South West | Labour | Signed |
Ian Lavery | 01/12/2014 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
Gerald Kaufman | 01/12/2014 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
Pat Glass | 02/12/2014 | North West Durham | Labour | Signed |
Steve Rotheram | 03/12/2014 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 04/12/2014 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
Paul Farrelly | 05/12/2014 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
Pete Wishart | 08/12/2014 | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Chris Ruane | 08/12/2014 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
Robert Smith | 09/12/2014 | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Clive Betts | 10/12/2014 | Sheffield South East | Labour | Signed |
Greg Mulholland | 10/12/2014 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jennifer Willott | 15/12/2014 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 17/12/2014 | City of Durham | Labour | Signed |
Hywel Francis | 17/12/2014 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
Hugh Bayley | 05/01/2015 | York Central | Labour | Signed |
Eric Joyce | 07/01/2015 | Falkirk | Labour | Signed |
Charles Kennedy | 20/01/2015 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Joe Benton | 23/01/2015 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
Louise Ellman | 11/02/2015 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Lloyd | 05/03/2015 | Eastbourne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Robert Flello | 19/03/2015 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
Paul Blomfield | 23/03/2015 | Sheffield Central | Labour | Signed |
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