Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to the food and farming sectors of implementing the recommendations from the Grant Thornton Report on Labour Availability on visas for horticultural and agricultural workers.
Victoria Prentis
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is grateful to everyone who contributed to the report on ‘Establishing the labour availability issues of the UK Food and Drink Sector’. We are reviewing the recommendations as part of our on-going work to address the immediate issues in the food supply chain and our longer-term strategy for the food and farming workforce.
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