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Feeding the nation: labour constraints inquiry

Inquiry

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.

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Past events

Wednesday 15 March 2017
2:30pm Public
Feeding the nation: labour constraints inquiry - Oral evidence 15 March 2017
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 22 February 2017
2:15pm Public
Feeding the nation: labour constraints inquiry - Oral evidence 22 February 2017
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 8 February 2017
2:30pm Public
Feeding the nation: labour constraints inquiry - Oral evidence 8 February 2017
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: efracom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA