Fairtrade Chocolate (EDM369)

Fairtrade Chocolate

EDM number 369 in 2009-10, proposed by Hugh Bayley on 07/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Food, International development and International trade.

That this House supports the work of the Fairtrade Foundation to improve sustainable sourcing practices, trading relationships and the livelihoods of farmers through certifying consumer products; welcomes Nestlé's recent announcement of Fairtrade certification to Nestlé's four finger Kit Kat, and its commitment to work towards certifying the whole Kit Kat range in the UK and Ireland; recognises the role that Fairtrade products have had in increasing consumer awareness of sustainability issues; notes the popularity of Fairtrade, with over £700 million of certified products sold in the UK each year; acknowledges the role that food manufacturers can play in helping farmers to access better trading conditions; is encouraged by Nestlé's actions; and looks forward to further commitments from manufacturers to promote growth and reduce poverty in the developing world.

This motion has been signed by a total of 81 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Hugh Bayley	07/12/2009	City of York	Labour	Proposed
Linda Riordan	07/12/2009	Halifax	Labour	Seconded
Tom Levitt	07/12/2009	High Peak	Labour	Seconded
Malcolm Bruce	07/12/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Greenway	07/12/2009	Ryedale	Conservative	Seconded
Richard Ottaway	07/12/2009	Croydon South	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	07/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	07/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Iris Robinson	08/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Gregory Campbell	08/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Dai Davies	08/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	08/12/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	08/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	08/12/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	08/12/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	08/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	08/12/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	08/12/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	08/12/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	08/12/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	08/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	09/12/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/12/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/12/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	09/12/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	09/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	09/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	09/12/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	09/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/12/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	09/12/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	09/12/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/12/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	10/12/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	10/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	10/12/2009	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	10/12/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	14/12/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	14/12/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	14/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/12/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	15/12/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	16/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	16/12/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	16/12/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	16/12/2009	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	16/12/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	16/12/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	05/01/2010	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	05/01/2010	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	05/01/2010	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	05/01/2010	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/01/2010	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	20/01/2010	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	21/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	27/01/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Greg Mulholland	28/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	29/01/2010	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	08/02/2010	Midlothian	Labour	Signed

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