7th Report - Feeding the nation: labour constraints
- HC No.
- HC 1009
- Published
- 27 Apr 2017
- Items
- 0
- Response
- No response document linked
Select Committee · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Feeding the nation: labour constraints inquiry
Status: Closed
Opened: 1 Feb 2017
Closed: 27 Apr 2017
1 report
Inquiry scope
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is launching an inquiry into the challenges to the food supply chain from shortages of workers. UK food production depends on securing an adequate supply of labour to get the harvest in and to process the produce. But farm and factory businesses have reported, both prior to and since the EU referendum, that they find it hard to hire enough workers. Each year farms rely on tens of thousands of temporary workers, with some 80,000 of these workers currently coming from outside the UK.Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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