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Rural hauliers penalised by VVTD says MP
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AN MP IS appealing for changes to the new working time regulations following protests that they discriminate against hauliers in remote areas.
Mike Weir, who represents Angus in the North East of Scotland, says Parliament will be forced to debate the issue if enough fellow MPs back his early day motion.
"A lot of hauliers in my constituency and others are facing difficulties because they are much further away from the main markets, making it difficult to fulfil contracts," he says.
"It is one of those things where I don't think the implications for rural areas have been properly thought through."
David Caniegie.director of DM Carnegie, in Laurencekirk. Aberdeenshire,says his fleet of 12 trucks mainly delivers agricultural produce, including potatoes, to East Anglia.
-We're further away from the main markets so the haulage costs are greater and we are more disadvantaged by time restrictions."
Fred Grant. director of A&F Grant in Ballindalloch, says he has had to increase the number of drivers in his timber haulage business from 16 to 21 because of the regulations.
Grant and Road Haulage Association regional director Phil Flanders were due to meet Scottish Executive transport minister Nicol Stephen this week (Tuesday, 14 June).
Flanders believes the Executive can help by putting pressure on the government to change the regulations. "If you don't ask, you don't get," he says.
A spokesman for the Department for Transport says a review of the regulations is scheduled anyway, but is not expected to take place for at least a year.