Fairtrade Certification For Chocolate Products (EDM1005)

Fairtrade Certification For Chocolate Products

EDM number 1005 in 2008-09, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 09/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Food and International trade.

That this House believes that the engagement of companies in Fairtrade initiatives is necessary to advance measures to improve the situation of food producers in developing countries; congratulates the Fairtrade Foundation on securing a commitment to Fairtrade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate; notes the positive impact this will have on cocoa-farming communities in Ghana; welcomes the work of the Fairtrade Foundation in gaining the support of such an iconic and popular British brand; calls on the Government to do all it can to promote Fairtrade products; and urges other British companies to follow Cadbury's lead through its work on the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership and in working with the Fairtrade movement, and to promote the important role that Fairtrade plays in improving the lives of food producers around the world.

This motion has been signed by a total of 115 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Greg Mulholland	09/03/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Malcolm Bruce	09/03/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Mitchell	09/03/2009	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Seconded
Claire Curtis-Thomas	09/03/2009	Crosby	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	09/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	09/03/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Nick Palmer	10/03/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/03/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	10/03/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/03/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	10/03/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/03/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	10/03/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/03/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	10/03/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	10/03/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	10/03/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	10/03/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	10/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	10/03/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	10/03/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/03/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	10/03/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/03/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	10/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	10/03/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	10/03/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	10/03/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Williams	10/03/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	10/03/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Simpson	11/03/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/03/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	11/03/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/03/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	11/03/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Mark Durkan	11/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Joan Walley	11/03/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	11/03/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	11/03/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	11/03/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	12/03/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/03/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	12/03/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	12/03/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	13/03/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Crausby	13/03/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	13/03/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	16/03/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	16/03/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	16/03/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	16/03/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	16/03/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Leech	16/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	16/03/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	17/03/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	17/03/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	17/03/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	17/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	17/03/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	18/03/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	18/03/2009	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	18/03/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	18/03/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/03/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	18/03/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	18/03/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	19/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	19/03/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/03/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lembit	19/03/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	19/03/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
John Thurso	19/03/2009	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	19/03/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	19/03/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	20/03/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	20/03/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	20/03/2009	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	20/03/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	20/03/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	20/03/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/03/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Heyes	23/03/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	23/03/2009	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	23/03/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	24/03/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	24/03/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	24/03/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
David Anderson	25/03/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	26/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	30/03/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	30/03/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
David Maclean	31/03/2009	Penrith and The Border	Conservative	Signed
Denis Murphy	01/04/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Ben Wallace	01/04/2009	Lancaster and Wyre	Conservative	Signed
David Burrowes	01/04/2009	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	20/04/2009	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	21/04/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	06/05/2009	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	07/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Ruth Kelly	11/05/2009	Bolton West	Labour	Signed
Theresa May	01/06/2009	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
David Davies	01/06/2009	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	02/06/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Lancaster	12/06/2009	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	16/06/2009	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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