Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

(asked on 23rd February 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conversations she has had with the British wool industry about the impact of the Home Office's withdrawal of the visa concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers on the existing challenges of workforce availability faced by the industry.


Answered by
Angela Eagle Portrait
Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 17th March 2026

I refer the hon. Member to the response given on 3 March 2026 to the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe on to PQ UIN 114322.

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