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Proceeding contribution from Neil Parish (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 July 2017. It occurred during Debate on Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.


Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. It is partly because of the success of our economy that we have so much going on and that we need this labour. My constituency has the same situation as his, with very low unemployment. I do not have as much vegetable growing, but I have meat and poultry processing, which are almost entirely done by central and eastern European labour, and that is an issue. We want to ensure that we can find as much home-grown labour as we can, but we have also got to have accessibility to labour from Europe and, in the future, probably from beyond Europe.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
626 c194WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Subjects
Agriculture Migrant workers Seasonal workers Labour market Seasonal agricultural workers' scheme
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk