<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>50603</id>
<session>2017-19</session>
<number>142</number>
<title>Sainsbury's And The Fairtrade Mark</title>
<proposer id="24910">Caroline Lucas</proposer>
<date>2017-07-06</date>
<text>That this House deeply regrets the decision by the supermarket Sainsbury's to drop the Fairtrade mark for its own-brand tea and develop its own certification scheme; notes that the Fairtrade Foundation is a respected organisation and part of a global network that strives to ensure that farmers and workers in developing countries get a better deal for their produce; considers the distinctive and globally-recognised Fairtrade mark to be synonymous with ethical trade and quality for UK consumers; further notes that, in 2015, the UK Fairtrade market was worth an estimated Â£1.6 billion in retail sales, generating an estimated Â£29.8 million in Fairtrade Premium, a communal fund for workers and farmers to use, as they see fit, to improve their social, economic  and environmental conditions; notes that the Fairtrade Standard protects workers' basic rights, including ensuring a safe working environment, the right to join a trade union and negotiate with their employer on wages and conditions, and prohibits discrimination and forced or illegal child labour; considers the Fairtrade Foundation to have a proven track record over 25 years of making a real and significant difference to the lives of farmers and workers, and of supporting better farming, strong cooperatives and investment in collective assets to improve crops and yields; and urges other supermarkets to remain with and strengthen their commitment to Fairtrade certification.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Companies</topic>
	<topic>International development</topic>
	<topic>International trade</topic>
	<topic>Standards</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24910">Caroline Lucas</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Green</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Arfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton and Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24818">Catherine McKinnell</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Newcastle upon Tyne North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25270">Chris Law</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25675">Christine Jardine</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25301">Stuart McDonald</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25318">Philippa Whitford</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Central Ayrshire</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25307">Martyn Day</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Linlithgow and East Falkirk</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25382">Drew Hendry</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25690">Luke Pollard</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport</constituency>
		<party>Labour/Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11032">Norman Lamb</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10828">Jon Cruddas</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dagenham and Rainham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25341">Tommy Sheppard</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh East</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10594">Gareth Thomas</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrow West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12004">Angus MacNeil</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25648">Wera Hobhouse</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bath</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25293">Neil Gray</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Airdrie and Shotts</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25668">Jamie Stone</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25327">Alison Thewliss</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow Central</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hall Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10155">Edward Davey</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston and Surbiton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11923">Tim Farron</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westmorland and Lonsdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25299">Patrick Grady</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow North</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25677">David Linden</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow East</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24760">Jeremy Lefroy</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stafford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25634">Tonia Antoniazzi</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25324">Stephen Gethins</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Fife</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24896">Kate Green</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stretford and Urmston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25166">Stephen Doughty</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff South and Penarth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25672">Laura Smith</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crewe and Nantwich</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25302">Liz Saville Roberts</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24743">Jonathan Edwards</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25669">Ben Lake</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25320">Wes Streeting</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24919">Ian Mearns</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gateshead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25689">Layla Moran</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford West and Abingdon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11333">Pete Wishart</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Perth and North Perthshire</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10203">Paul Flynn</mp>
		<date>2017-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newport West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25322">Stewart McDonald</mp>
		<date>2017-07-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow South</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25306">Chris Stephens</mp>
		<date>2017-07-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow South West</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11814">Angela Smith</mp>
		<date>2017-07-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Penistone and Stocksbridge</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25601">Gareth Snell</mp>
		<date>2017-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour/Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25295">Angela Crawley</mp>
		<date>2017-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lanark and Hamilton East</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25271">John McNally</mp>
		<date>2017-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falkirk</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25671">Thelma Walker</mp>
		<date>2017-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colne Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25268">Alan Brown</mp>
		<date>2017-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kilmarnock and Loudoun</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10147">Jim Cunningham</mp>
		<date>2017-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Coventry South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24742">Alex Cunningham</mp>
		<date>2017-07-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25300">Patricia Gibson</mp>
		<date>2017-07-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Ayrshire and Arran</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24754">Stephen Lloyd</mp>
		<date>2017-07-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastbourne</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25370">Brendan O'Hara</mp>
		<date>2017-07-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Argyll and Bute</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13864">Jim Shannon</mp>
		<date>2017-07-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Strangford</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25361">Ian Blackford</mp>
		<date>2017-07-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ross, Skye and Lochaber</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="24958">Rushanara Ali</mp>
		<date>2017-07-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green and Bow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11973">Stewart Hosie</mp>
		<date>2017-07-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee East</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10958">Lady Hermon</mp>
		<date>2017-07-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25680">Alex Sobel</mp>
		<date>2017-07-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour/Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2017-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25273">Peter Grant</mp>
		<date>2017-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glenrothes</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10785">Alistair Carmichael</mp>
		<date>2017-09-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orkney and Shetland</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25336">Deidre Brock</mp>
		<date>2017-09-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh North and Leith</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25356">Clive Lewis</mp>
		<date>2017-09-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25635">Sandy Martin</mp>
		<date>2017-10-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ipswich</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25636">Jared O'Mara</mp>
		<date>2017-10-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Hallam</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10260">Harriet Harman</mp>
		<date>2017-10-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Camberwell and Peckham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="25386">Daniel Zeichner</mp>
		<date>2017-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cambridge</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>