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Grocery Market Ombudsman

EDM number 560 in 2008-09, proposed by Andrew George on 22/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Competition, Farmers and Service industries.

That this House welcomes the recommendations of the Competitions Commission's Grocery Market Inquiry that a strengthened Grocery Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) monitored and enforced by an independent Ombudsman should be established; notes that the Commission found supermarket practices which `transfer excessive risk' to suppliers, such as retrospective unilateral changes to the terms of supply agreements, charges for loss or damage to goods after delivery and withholding payment without cause could have `an adverse effect on investment and innovation in the supply chain, and ultimately on consumers'; believes that the current recession has increased pressure on suppliers but further notes that United Kingdom supermarkets continue to report healthy profits from their grocery business; recognises that fair treatment of primary producers is crucial to achieving United Kingdom commitments to eradicating poverty in the developing world and guaranteeing food security for the United Kingdom; hopes that supermarkets will recognise that the establishment of an Ombudsman offers the opportunity for independent verification of their commitment to the principles of fair trading and that they will agree undertakings with the Commission; urges the Commission to implement its recommendation to give primary producers and other suppliers to intermediaries the right to submit complaints to the Ombudsman regarding the conduct of grocery retailers; and calls upon the Government to respect the considered recommendations of the Competition Commission and to confirm that it is prepared to introduce the necessary legislation to establish the proposed Ombudsman if a voluntary agreement cannot be achieved between the Commission, supermarkets and suppliers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 210 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew George22/01/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratProposed
David Drew22/01/2009StroudLabourSeconded
Daniel Kawczynski22/01/2009Shrewsbury & AtchamConservativeSeconded
Hywel Williams22/01/2009CaernarfonPlaid CymruSeconded
Colin Breed22/01/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley26/01/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
David Taylor26/01/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/01/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/01/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes26/01/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink26/01/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
Adrian Sanders26/01/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter27/01/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Winterton27/01/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Mark Durkan27/01/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew Dismore27/01/2009HendonLabourSigned
Martin Caton27/01/2009GowerLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/01/2009Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Lynne Jones27/01/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle27/01/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson27/01/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bob Russell27/01/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams28/01/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech28/01/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt28/01/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock28/01/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Field28/01/2009BirkenheadLabourSigned
Janet Dean28/01/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Annette Brooke28/01/2009Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey29/01/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow29/01/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
Jo Swinson02/02/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell02/02/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley02/02/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard02/02/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Simon Hughes02/02/2009North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mason03/02/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Alan Beith03/02/2009Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen03/02/2009Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty03/02/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Evan Harris03/02/2009Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams04/02/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis04/02/2009Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Thurso04/02/2009Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington04/02/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd04/02/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Joan Humble04/02/2009Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Dai Havard04/02/2009Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
John Pugh05/02/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Stewart05/02/2009EcclesLabourSigned
Mark Williams05/02/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis09/02/2009Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley09/02/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Paul Truswell09/02/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Roger Berry09/02/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
Brian Iddon09/02/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Adam Price09/02/2009Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Don Foster10/02/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood10/02/2009Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Katy Clark11/02/2009Ayrshire North & ArranLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith11/02/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Michael Connarty12/02/2009Linlithgow & Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas12/02/2009DagenhamLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross23/02/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing23/02/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Frank Cook23/02/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Colin Burgon23/02/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Mark Oaten23/02/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Linton23/02/2009BatterseaLabourSigned
Eric Illsley23/02/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner23/02/2009BolsoverLabourSigned
James Plaskitt23/02/2009Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Howard Stoate24/02/2009DartfordLabourSigned
David Anderson24/02/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone24/02/2009Hornsey & Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth24/02/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland24/02/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Main24/02/2009St AlbansConservativeSigned
Norman Baker24/02/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott24/02/2009Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham24/02/2009Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Nick Palmer24/02/2009BroxtoweLabourSigned
David Heath24/02/2009Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins24/02/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch24/02/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper24/02/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Tom Brake24/02/2009Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander25/02/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner25/02/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Richard Caborn25/02/2009Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden25/02/2009Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Robert Smith25/02/2009Aberdeenshire West & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid25/02/2009Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice25/02/2009PendleLabourSigned
Paul Rowen26/02/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Rogerson26/02/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling26/02/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Julia Goldsworthy26/02/2009Falmouth & CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor26/02/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Jim Dowd26/02/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Michael Moore26/02/2009Berwickshire, Roxburgh & SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable27/02/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron27/02/2009Westmorland & LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott02/03/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
John Whittingdale02/03/2009Maldon & East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Steve Webb02/03/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Gavin Strang02/03/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Richard Burden02/03/2009Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Bob Laxton02/03/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy02/03/2009Ross, Skye & LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds03/03/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Alistair Carmichael03/03/2009Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell03/03/2009Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell03/03/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Laura Moffatt03/03/2009CrawleyLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell03/03/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Norman Lamb03/03/2009North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne03/03/2009EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan04/03/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Lembit 04/03/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh04/03/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Julie Morgan05/03/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
John Mann05/03/2009BassetlawLabourSigned
Russell Brown05/03/2009Dumfries & GallowayLabourSigned
Roger Williams05/03/2009Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather06/03/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Clive Betts06/03/2009Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Martyn Jones06/03/2009Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell09/03/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Tom Levitt10/03/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Andrew Miller10/03/2009Ellesmere Port & NestonLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss10/03/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
John Barrett12/03/2009Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Ruane13/03/2009Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Kate Hoey17/03/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter18/03/2009Signed
Joan Ryan19/03/2009Enfield NorthLabourSigned
Alan Keen19/03/2009Feltham & HestonLabourSigned
Susan Kramer20/03/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen Southworth20/03/2009Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham25/03/2009Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Nick Ainger27/03/2009Carmarthen West & South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
James Gray30/03/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Clare Short31/03/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Peter Luff01/04/2009Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Malcolm Bruce02/04/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey20/04/2009Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff20/04/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
David Chaytor22/04/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson14/05/2009Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
John Austin01/06/2009Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton03/06/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Martin Horwood11/06/2009CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Bailey12/06/2009West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Richard Bacon15/06/2009South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Gerald Kaufman07/07/2009Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Bill Olner07/07/2009NuneatonLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara08/07/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor09/07/2009Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir09/07/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Sandra Osborne13/07/2009Ayr, Carrick & CumnockLabourSigned
David Clelland13/07/2009Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Anne Begg14/07/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Pete Wishart14/07/2009Perth & Perthshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil15/07/2009Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Patrick Hall15/07/2009BedfordLabourSigned
Michael Fallon15/07/2009SevenoaksConservativeSigned
Jim Dobbin15/07/2009Heywood & MiddletonLabourSigned
Michael Mates15/07/2009East HampshireConservativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn15/07/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Stephen Pound15/07/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz16/07/2009Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Andrew Love16/07/2009EdmontonLabourSigned
Ann Winterton20/07/2009CongletonConservativeSigned
Hugh Bayley20/07/2009York, City ofLabourSigned
George Howarth20/07/2009Knowsley North & Sefton EastLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser21/07/2009DoverLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews21/07/2009MedwayLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey21/07/2009Brigg & GooleLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly21/07/2009Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
David Hamilton21/07/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Mark Pritchard21/07/2009Wrekin, TheConservativeSigned
Michael Meacher12/10/2009Oldham West & RoytonLabourSigned
Andrew MacKay12/10/2009BracknellConservativeSigned
Emily Thornberry13/10/2009Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne13/10/2009TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dari Taylor13/10/2009Stockton SouthLabourSigned
John Grogan13/10/2009SelbyLabourSigned
David Amess13/10/2009Southend WestConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn13/10/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Ian Davidson13/10/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell13/10/2009Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Sally Keeble13/10/2009Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Heyes13/10/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Tom Harris13/10/2009Glasgow SouthLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith13/10/2009Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan13/10/2009Paisley & Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Angus Robertson13/10/2009MorayScottish National PartySigned
Anne Moffat13/10/2009East LothianLabourSigned
Parmjit Dhanda13/10/2009GloucesterLabourSigned
Dai Davies15/10/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Janet Anderson26/10/2009Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
John Hemming26/10/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Cairns03/11/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Paul Burstow11/11/2009Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn
John HeppellUnknownWithdrawn

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