CO-OPERATIVE GROUP'S ISRAELI BOYCOTT

Early day motion 57, tabled 14 May 2012 by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 24 members.

That this House congratulates the Co-operative Group for its decision to ban all Israeli goods from the occupied Palestinian West Bank and for also boycotting all goods from Israeli companies including Arava Export Growers, Agrexco, Adafresh and Mehadrin; calls on all other supermarket chains and suppliers to follow the excellent lead of the Co-operative Group; recalls that it was such boycott policies which helped end apartheid in South Africa; and calls on the Government to make representations to the EU to urge that all member states issue similar boycott measures and to end the special trading status which the EU has with Israel.

Signatures by party: Labour 18, Liberal Democrat 4, Plaid Cymru 1, Respect 1.