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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-04-13more like thismore than 2017-04-13
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reintroducing the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme to ensure that UK agriculture has sufficient seasonal staff available to harvest, process and pack fruit and vegetables. more like this
tabling member constituency Stafford remove filter
tabling member printed
Jeremy Lefroy more like this
uin 70371 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-04-27more like thismore than 2017-04-27
answer text <p>The agricultural sector is important to the United Kingdom and we take concerns of labour shortages seriously.</p><p> </p><p>For the time being the United Kingdom remains part of the European Union and freedom of movement continues. The latest labour market statistics, for the year ending December 2016, show that there were 190,000 more EU workers in the UK workforce than a year earlier.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby more like this
answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill more like this
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label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy more like this