Written Question·Home Office·UIN 112292
Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers
Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 23 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation the her Department has had with counterparts at the Department of Envronment, Food and Rurual Affairs on the potential impact on the UK sheep industry of withdrawing the visa concess
Answer
Mike TappImmigration Rules concessionary arrangements are temporary and subject to regular Ministerial review. The sheep shearing concession had been operating for 14 years and closed after the 2025 shearing season as it reasonable to expect that over this period ...
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