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Retail Strategy

Proceeding contribution from Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 July 2019. It occurred during Debate on Retail Strategy.

I will try, but there is a lot to say.

Unfortunately I cannot discuss the speech of the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders), who made a number of important points. I will finish with something that is important to me and my constituents: the unfair situation on delivery charges. As we move to a culture of more online deliveries, consumers in Scotland are having to pay a disproportionate amount more

because of a postcode system used by retailers to charge them extra for deliveries. That is unfair, and the Scottish Government have done a lot of work on that issue. My colleague, Richard Lochhead MSP, and I have worked very hard over the years to make changes, and have made significant breakthroughs with individual retailers. However, it is time for this UK Government to step up to the mark and do something to ensure fair delivery charges for people across Scotland, particularly in rural areas of the highlands and elsewhere.

3.40 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
663 cc170-1WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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