PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Fisheries: Migrant Workers (30 August 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of amending visa rules for fishing crew to provide additional (a) employment and (b) welfare rights.

Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)

The Government understands that there are labour shortages across our seafood sectors, and ensuring sufficient labour availability in critical sectors is a Defra priority. The welfare of workers is of utmost importance to this Government as we look to build a coherent approach to skills, migration and labour market policy.

Answered by:
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
9 September 2024