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Global Food Security

EDM number 1701 in 2010-12, proposed by Margaret Ritchie on 01/04/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture, Farmers and Food.

That this House notes the Government's commitment to spending 11.1 billion towards ensuring global food security and to stimulate sustainable agricultural development at the 2009 L'Aquila G8 Summit; is concerned with rising food prices and the plight of smallholder and specifically marginal farmers; and calls on the Government to make these funds directly available to those who need them most - marginal farmers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Margaret Ritchie01/04/2011South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartyProposed
Jim Dobbin04/04/2011Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon04/04/2011StrangfordDUPSeconded
Mark Durkan05/04/2011FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew George05/04/2011St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Keith Vaz26/04/2011Leicester EastLabourSeconded
John McDonnell26/04/2011Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Meale26/04/2011MansfieldLabourSigned
Mike Hancock26/04/2011Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan11/05/2011HalifaxLabourSigned
Mark Williams19/05/2011CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby09/06/2011Bolton North EastLabourSigned

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