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Peak oil threatens UK food security |
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DWINDLING oil stocks and EU trade and
energy policies threaten food price hikes – and could cause the UK to
be vulnerable to food shortages for the first time since the Second
World War, according to a new report by Green Party Euro-MP Caroline
Lucas.
The report calls on the Government to establish
a Royal Commission on Food Security to examine the issue – and for the
UK 's Competition Commission to consider its findings in its ongoing
investigation of the supermarkets' dominance of the food retailing
sector.
Download report from here.
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