Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 July 2016.
Eilidh Whiteford
Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (Social Justice and Welfare)
12:00,
7 July 2016
Literally thousands of EU nationals play an indispensable role in fish processing and agriculture businesses in my Constituency, yet this week the Government have failed to give any reassurance that these people will be allowed to live and work here post-Brexit. Will the Secretary of State and her Ministers make every effort to use all their influence with the Home Secretary to provide some certainty at an early stage for these people and these businesses?
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