Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114320

Migrant Workers: Livestock Industry

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Tony Vaughan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending temporary concessionary visas for sheep shearers on the total labour supply of sheep shearers for the farming sector.

Answer

Mike Tapp

Immigration 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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