The Food and Drink Supply Chain All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) will meet at the end of January with Food Minister Mark Spencer to discuss the ongoing pressures faced by businesses due to energy price hikes.
The government said that an extension to the number of deliveries overseas lorry drivers can make in the UK is likely to be beneficial to food supply chains.
Chief executive of Nestle, Mark Schneider, said that the company was experiencing some labour and transport issues, but is working with retailers to supply them.
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the government was considering changes to the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Scheme to alleviate the impact of the labour shortage.
The UK’s food and farming sector has written to the Prime Minister asking him to implement as a matter of urgency a Covid-19 Recovery Visa to alleviate crippling labour shortages across the supply chain.
