THE bosses of collapsed parcel delivery firm City Link has been called to appear before MPs.

The firm announced it was going into administration with two and a half thousand job losses on Christmas Eve, with more than 200 in Scotland out of work, including Glasgow and Motherwell depots.

The Scottish Affairs Committee met earlier this week with workers and union reps both in Glasgow and in Westminster.

The outlined a series of concerns over the timing and behaviour of management in the weeks leading up to the shock announcement.

IT has now decided to call Jon Moulton, chief executive of Better Capital, a private equity firm that owned City Link to answer questions on the company's demise.

The firm bought City Link for £1 in 2013 and said it has invested £40m in the company but that it was not enough to make it profitable.

MPs have said there are question for Mr Moulton to answer regarding when it was known the firm was in difficulty and whether the government was informed.

Ann McKechin Glasgow North MP and member of the House of Commons Business Committee wanted to know if the company was trading insolvent, as it deferred payments to sub contractors until after Christmas then it went into administration.

Ian Davidson, Glasgow South West MP and chair of the Scottish affairs Committee said there were questions regarding the bosses being made secured creditors, protecting their investment while the workers were left high and dry and dependent on the government for redundancy payments.

The committee has also invited City Link Executives to answer questions relating to the direct management of the firm following union leaders' statements that they were given reassurances that the company was safe just two weeks before the redundancies were announced.

Representatives of the administrators Ernst & Young have also been asked to appear before MPs.

The Scottish Government has been critical o the role of the administrators in assisting officials provide redundancy support.

Fergus Ewing the enterprise minister said there were delays in providing basic details like names and addresses to allow the Scottish Government's Partnership Action Continuing Employment team access to invite workers to meetings and events to help them prepare and plan their future.