Fairtrade And Supermarket Profit Margins

EDM number 2684 in 2005-06, proposed by Bob Russell on 09/10/2006.

That this House welcomes the increase in the range of Fairtrade food and clothing available to consumers, but regrets that of the estimated £200 million spent on certified Fairtrade products in the United Kingdom only about £42 million gets back to those in developing countries; notes with concern that British supermarkets take about 32 pence in every pound spent by customers on Fairtrade goods, generating a higher profit margin than achieved with non-Fairtrade products which is a practice also undertaken by supply chain operators; believes that public support for producers in the developing world to get fair prices for their goods, as promoted by global charity Fairtrade, is being exploited by supply chain operators and UK supermarkets; and calls on the Government to impress upon all involved in the distribution and sale of Fairtrade products not to apply profit margins higher than those for non-Fairtrade goods and preferably to apply lower margins.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	09/10/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
John Leech	10/10/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	10/10/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Michael Penning	10/10/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Dai Davies	10/10/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Seconded
Michael Weir	10/10/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Ann Cryer	10/10/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	10/10/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/10/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/10/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/10/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/10/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Sandra Gidley	11/10/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/10/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	11/10/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	11/10/2006	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/10/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/10/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	11/10/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Helen Goodman	11/10/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	11/10/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	11/10/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Rob Marris	11/10/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/10/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	11/10/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	11/10/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	11/10/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	11/10/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/10/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	11/10/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	12/10/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	12/10/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	12/10/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	12/10/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	12/10/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/10/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	12/10/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	12/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	12/10/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	12/10/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	16/10/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	16/10/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	16/10/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/10/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	16/10/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	16/10/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	16/10/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	17/10/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Jackson	17/10/2006	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	17/10/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	17/10/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/10/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	17/10/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/10/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	18/10/2006	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/10/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	18/10/2006	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	18/10/2006	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	19/10/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	19/10/2006	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/10/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	19/10/2006	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/10/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/10/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	23/10/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	24/10/2006	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	24/10/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	25/10/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/10/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Adam Price	26/10/2006	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Battle	26/10/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	30/10/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	30/10/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/11/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	06/11/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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