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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings (a) she and (b) ministers in her Department have had with Bright Crop to discuss apprenticeships in the agricultural sector in the last six months.

Neither the Secretary of State nor I have met Bright Crop to discuss apprenticeships in the last six months. However, I have met them previously and we are involving them in developing the skills and careers elements of our long-term Food and Farming Plan and have invited them to one of the regional events we are holding to gather views and evidence on the future of the sector.