In 2005 The Welsh Assembly Government agreed to back the idea and in 2006 Fair Trade groups from Scotland and Wales agreed the criteria for becoming a Fair Trade country.
2005年威爾斯國民議會同意支持公平貿易計劃，而2006年威爾斯和蘇格蘭的公平貿易團體也贊同了上述的公平貿易國家的準則。