Martin Rhodes

Martin Rhodes

Labour — Glasgow North

Speaking in the House of Commons on 11 December 2025

Debate

Fairtrade Certification

Contribution

I agree that it is important that we look at reforming global trade in different ways depending on the particular context. One of the great successes of Fairtrade in the UK has been getting products into mainstream retail, where most people do their shopping. When it comes to quantity, that is where those products need to be. However, it is also important that the Fairtrade movement has supported other Fairtrade businesses to do all of their business Fairtrade and provided an alternative model of doing business. Both approaches are why Fairtrade has been so generally successful, accepting the current situation and how we make it better while also looking at how we build a better system overall.

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