Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Seasonal Worker visa on the adequacy of the number of people available to fill seasonal farming roles.”
Tabled: 18 May 2023Answered: 25 May 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Georgia Gould
I absolutely agree that we need to support SMEs, which is why we set targets for all Departments on SME and voluntary, community and social enterprises spend. It is why we are reviewing the rules to make it easier for SMEs to get on to Government contracts, and why we are consulting on new plans to set targets for the entire public sector on SME spend.