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"Madam President, I want to concentrate on fair trade bananas. The importance of supporting banana producers from the poorest Caribbean nations is absolutely pivotal. Although EUR 200 million has been designated for African and Caribbean banana exporting countries, we need to look at this matter.
Anyone witnessing how people who work in this sector are treated, particularly by the large multinational corporations, would be quite disgusted. That is why fair trade bananas are so important – certainly to smaller producers, but also to ensure the better treatment of working people.
Bananas are Scotland’s favourite fruit and, as such, my constituents want to know that what they are eating has been produced to the highest standards and with the utmost care. I would encourage colleagues to make an effort only to buy fair trade bananas and, if they see that they are not stocked in a supermarket, to complain.
As we have seen tonight, the politics of the trade in bananas is contentious. We must act to help the most vulnerable workers and the most vulnerable nations in the world."@en1
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