Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 18 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 52 members in total.

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FAIR TRADE FOR BRITISH FARMING

That this House congratulates the Farmers' Guardian, Country Living Magazine and Waitrose on their successful campaign, Fair Trade for British Farming, and for the efforts of the campaign to promote a fair and sustainable price for the high quality food produced by British farmers; notes that most British consumers wrongly believe that the principles of fair trade are applied to British agriculture; acknowledges that over the last 10 years British farmers' income has fallen whilst that of major retailers has increased; recognises the important contribution British farming makes to the food supply, protecting the countryside, rural employment and combating climate change; further notes the recent Office of Fair Trading probe that uncovered price fixing by supermarkets; and calls on the Government to ensure that the Supermarket Code has real teeth and that a supermarket ombudsman is introduced.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

622 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Bob Spink

Brian Iddon

Lynne Jones

David Drew

Mike Hancock

Subjects

Agriculture Food Farmers Prices Trade Supermarkets Fairtrade initiative

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk