Sale Goes Bananas With A Fairtrade World Record Attempt - 06/03/2009 |
 Paul Goggins today joined representatives from Trafford Fairtrade Group at Sale Waterside to take part in a world record attempt and promote Fairtrade products.
Between noon on Friday 6th March and noon on Saturday 7th March over 300,000 campaigners have pledged to eat a Fairtrade banana in an attempt to break the world record for banana-eating.
Mr Goggins has been a strong supporter of the Fairtrade movement for many years and was the first MP to initiate a Parliamentary debate on the need to help Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC).
Paul Goggins said: “Social and economic justice for people in the poorest countries of the world is something we should all work towards.
“I have been fortunate to be involved in the Fairtrade movement from the early debates on this issue in Parliament. Back in 1998 I held an Adjournment Debate to discuss the urgent need to for us to help HIPC nations and was a founder member of the All Party Parliamentary CAFOD Group.
”I was pleased to be able to meet with local Fairtrade campaigners in Trafford today to help promote the wide range of products that are now on offer – chocolates, nuts, coffee, tea, wine and, of course, fruit.
“I hope that everyone in Wythenshawe and Sale East will want to join us in ‘Going Bananas’ for Fairtrade.”
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