Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 4 March 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 56 members in total.

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FAIRTRADE'S MAKE BANANAS FAIR CAMPAIGN

That this House celebrates the achievements of the Fairtrade movement in this 20th year since the Fairtrade mark first appeared on shelves in the United Kingdom; further congratulates the Fairtrade movement on sales of some £1.78 billion of Fairtrade products supporting farmers and workers around the world in 2013; further welcomes the Fairtrade Foundation's campaign to Make Bananas Fair which calls on the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to co-ordinate government action to investigate unsustainably low banana prices and act to address their impact on banana farmers and workers in developing countries; and calls on retailers to pay the cost of sustainable production and living wages to banana farmers and workers.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1139 

Session

2013-14

Other sponsors

Jim Dobbin

Peter Bottomley

Alan Meale

Andrew George

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Farmers Trade

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk