Early Day Motions

MAKING POVERTY HISTORY THROUGH TRADE JUSTICE

EDM (Early Day Motion) 679A1: tabled on 02 November 2005

Tabled in the 2005-06 session.

This motion has been signed by 7 Members. It is an amendment to an existing motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This is an amendment to an existing motion

This motion was originally tabled by John Battle on 10 October 2005. This is amendment number 1.

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Suggested amendment

leave out from `achieved;' to end and insert `believes that the most valuable step towards trade justice would be for the EU and all developed countries to open their markets unilaterally to agricultural and other exports of developing countries and to stop dumping agricultural surpluses in third world markets; and urges the trade justice movement to include these objectives in its manifesto.'.

Original motion text

That this House believes that trade justice is vital if making poverty history is to be achieved; notes that December's World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit presents a key moment in the Doha Development Round; believes that the UK Government should not push developing countries to open up their markets but should respect their right to decide on trade policies that will help them end poverty, respect workers' rights and protect their environment; and calls on the Government to work with its partners in the European Union to change the European Commissioner's approach in order to ensure that WTO agreements allow developing countries to use trade policies to protect the livelihoods of their poor farmers and develop their own sustainable economic strength, and to choose the best policies for poor people and the environment in services such as water, health and education.