BIG FOOD GROUP/ICELAND AND GUYANA

Early day motion 912, tabled 18 March 2003 by Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru). Signed by 46 members.

That this House welcomes the decision of the Big Food Group/Iceland to cancel the ú13 million debt owed to it by Guyana, a debt that it inherited from the takeover of Booker Plc; congratulates Christian Aid, its supporters and other debt campaigners on their work in achieving this debt cancellation for one of the poorest countries in the world; and calls on other large multi-national companies that are owed money by poor countries to follow the lead of the Big Food Group, to take their social, moral and global responsibilities seriously, to put people before profit and to cancel these debts.

Signatures by party: Labour 28, Liberal Democrat 10, Labour/Co-operative 3, Plaid Cymru 3, Conservative 1, DUP 1.