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Fourth report - Labour shortages in the food and farming sector
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
HC 713
Published 6 April 2022
Government response
Second Special Report - Labour shortages in the food and farming sector: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2021–22 · published 23 Jun 2022
Recommendations & Conclusions
12
Recommendation
Accepted in Part
Para 68
We welcome some of the reforms that Government has made to the Seasonal Workers Pilot,...
Recommendation
We welcome some of the reforms that Government has made to the Seasonal Workers Pilot, including accepting our recommendation that the scheme is extended to the ornamental sector and the provisional announcement of the number of Seasonal Worker Visas for …
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Government Response Summary
The government extended the Seasonal Worker route to 2024, allowing overseas workers to harvest both edible and ornamental crops and released an additional 10,000 visas. However, they do not intend to publish monthly updates on the seasonal labour market.
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
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13
Recommendation
Accepted in Part
We also call on the Government to make the Seasonal Workers Pilot a permanent scheme...
Recommendation
We also call on the Government to make the Seasonal Workers Pilot a permanent scheme and for it to commit to announcing the number of visas that will be available under the scheme on a rolling five-year basis. (Paragraph 69) Longer term solutions
Government Response Summary
The government extended the Seasonal Worker route to 2024 and released an additional 10,000 visas. They will make an evidence-based decision on the future of the visa route in 2024 but do not intend to publish more frequent statistical updates on the scheme.
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
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