Christmas goods will be delivered to Scots consumers this winter despite labour shortages in the haulage industry and the food sector, MPs have been assured.
MPs on the Scottish Commons Affairs committee were told that the flow of goods in the run up to Christmas would be maintained But industry figures told MPs that the effects of labour shortages were so profound and long-lasting after covid and Brexit that it was cheaper to fly in soft fruit from South America rather than harvest it in Aberdeenshire.
Martin Reid, Director of Scotland, Road Haulage Association, told MPs: “Christmas will be delivered. You might not get absolutely everything you want, absolutely all the time.""Thankfully our industry is very quick, very nimble and as long
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