Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 87348
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025
Question
Chris Law
Scottish National Party — Dundee Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing an employer pays principle to help tackle (a) debt bondage and (b) labour exploitation of workers
Answer
Dame Angela EagleTogether with the Seasonal Worker Scheme Taskforce, Defra jointly funded an independent investigation into the feasibility of applying the ‘employer pays principle’ to the horticulture sector, to understand how financial risks faced by workers can be miti...
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