Glasgow Award Of Fairtrade City Status
EDM number 1815 in 2005-06, proposed by Ann McKechin on 14/03/2006.
That this House congratulates the city of Glasgow in achieving Fairtrade City status in March; notes that Glasgow is the largest retail centre in the United Kingdom to date to achieve such status; welcomes the firm commitment by Glasgow City Council together with numerous local organisations, retailers, schools, universities, churches, faith groups and charities in supporting the extension of Fairtrade products and outlets throughout the city; and urges the Government to continue to assist the Fairtrade campaign in Glasgow and throughout the UK in encouraging consumers to provide practical help to poor producers in the developing world and in continuing to call for fairer trade terms for the world's poorest nations.
This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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