Written Question·Home Office·UIN 568
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 24 July 2024
Question
Sorcha Eastwood
Alliance — Lagan Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Seasonal Agricultural Workers scheme in Northern Ireland to include mushroom growers.
Answer
Seema MalhotraThe Seasonal Worker visa allows workers to come to the UK for up to six months in any twelve month period to pick both edible and ornamental crops (e.g. fruit and flower picking). The list of eligible occupations covered by the route already includes mush...
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