Six WDM Bradford members met Timothy Kirkhope MEP (Conservative) for Yorkshire and Humberside in February. They discussed Food Speculation and put forward views on the need for controls to prevent international speculators causing spikes in the prices for basic foods, which cause serious suffering in the poorest countries and is not good for UK citizens either. Timothy Kirkhope was well briefed on the subject. He said that the European Parliament and the Commission were taking the issue on board, and promised to follow up WDM concerns and keep the group informed.
Ann commented that she was ‘encouraged by how supportive Mr Kirkhope was of our views of the dangers of food speculation’.
