An open letter to Francis Maude

A group of agricultural workers within the Horsham constituency (including Horsham Labour party's chair, David Hide, who works in the agricultural industry)  will be taking part in a national rally and lobby organised by Unite the Union on Wednesday 9th February.  The rally will be calling on the Tory-led government to remove the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board from the Public Bodies Reform Bill.

Participants in the rally contacted their MPs to arrange to meet them in the lobby to discuss this important issue and the effects it would have on many of their constituents.  The Horsham contingent received a reply from their MP, Francis Maude, in which he declined to meet us

We have therefor sent him an open letter to explain some of the things we hoped to explain in person.  The full text of the letters can be found below.