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Greg Mulholland

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Wednesday 26th October 2011

(13 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alan Duncan Portrait Mr Duncan
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We optimise as far as possible everything that DFID and the Government buy, so that the fair trade label appears wherever it possibly can within government. That remains our objective in all that we do.

Greg Mulholland Portrait Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD)
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We do indeed need more fair trade projects in developing countries, but that also relies on people buying more fair trade products here. Will the Minister commend and wish well the campaign to make Yorkshire and the Humber the first UK fair trade region?

Alan Duncan Portrait Mr Duncan
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We strongly support objectives of that sort. There are many towns across the country that have secured fair trade status. The Department and I—and, I hope, all of us—are enthusiastic supporters of fair trade, which is not just a notion but a sensible and practical approach to supply chains that ensures that some of the poorest people in the world can benefit from their hard work.

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