Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114614

Migrant Workers: Livestock Industry

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 25 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of refusal to grant temporary visas to overseas sheep shearers on rural farming communities and animal welfare.

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 ...

ⓘ

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 114614) →