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51 records in UK in 2022
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to support farmers to move away from using pesticides and towards integrated pest management.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out the responsibilities of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority for monitoring compliance with (a) recruitment to and (b) employment within the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that work is available for workers who migrate to the UK on the Agricultural Seasonal Workers visa.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what redress to recoup migration costs is available to workers who enter the UK on the scheme to be told there is no work available for them.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to amend the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill to include all agricultural vehicles.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the Seasonal Worker Scheme visas made available in 2022 have been taken up; and what proportion of those dedicated to poultry workers have been taken up.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) uncap and (b) extend the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
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 visa from a maximum duration of six months to a maximum duration of nine months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 34984 on Agriculture: Land, whether she is taking steps to reclassify class 3b agricultural land as best and most versatile agricu
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure the availability of (a) urea and (b) other fertilisers for domestic food production in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy to maintain the 30 March 2022 guidance on the Farming Rules for Water for the next twelve months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the legal requirements are for including surface water flooding risks in solar farm applications.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to update the 2015 Conceptual Framework on Agriculture to incorporate the commitments the Government made on (a) the Koronivia Joint Work on Agr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that agricultural expertise is represented in government agencies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of allowing workers in the UK on the agricultural seasonal worker scheme to move between (a) scheme operators and (b) horticulture and
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received the report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on its inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector; and when she p
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of trends in the level of the spread of superbugs into water courses from farms in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of updating regulations under existing legislation to regulate use of antibiotics on farms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a national surveillance programme of the spread of antibiotic (a) resistance and (b) residues from far
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the impact of avian influenza on farmers; and what steps she is taking to ensure that farmers whose birds have been killed by the diseas
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to (a) mandate and (b) support UK farmers to reduce their methane emissions through better slurry management such as through (i) acidification of slurry stores, or (
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the need to classify (1) agriculture, and (2) horticulture, as a vulnerable sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to review the (a) financial and (b) other support available for upland farmers in Areas of Outstanding National Beauty.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers who (1) improve water quality, and (2) reduce flooding.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on how they are supporting farmers to adapt to new technologies to improve efficiency of agri-tech businesses.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that workers who travel to the UK on the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa are offered work for the duration of their visa; and what estimate she has made of the num
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to put checks are in place to ensure that workers who entered the UK on the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa are placed in work before further workers are brought to the U
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support sustainable farming.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to amend the Seasonal Workers visa scheme to help increase the potential supply of labour in the agricultural sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Seasonal Workers visa scheme does not include ornamental crop growers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer 30 October to Question 68522 on Environmental Land Management Schemes: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, whether her Department has taken steps to scale up existing land
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2022 to Question 68522 on Environmental Land Management Schemes: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the seasonal workers’ scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department’s policy that Scheme Operators are responsible for ensuring that people on the agricultural seasonal workers visa scheme to not have zero-hours contracts; and what (a) con
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to improve the processing time of payments made to farms affected by Avian Influenza.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support farmers with the increased costs of food production, in the context of rising fuel and energy costs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to expand (a) number of workers on and (b) the scope of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are in place for workers on the agricultural Seasonal Workers visa to be able to access information about their employment rights in the UK; and where Seasonal workers rights are infri
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it remains her Department's policy to redefine best and most versatile land to include category 3b.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on restoring smooth and frictionless trade for farmers in Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what help her Department provides for workers who have travelled to the UK on the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa scheme who, following arrival in the UK, are told there is no work available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what help her Department provides for workers who have travelled to the UK on the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa scheme and have their employment ended after a short period.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Government department is responsible for helping workers on the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa who are in situations which do not meet UK employment law but are not classified as modern slave
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will set up a Single Enforcement Body to ensure proactive labour market enforcement of conditions of workers employed in the UK via the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the resilience of commercial plant and animal species to the risk of novel disease outbreaks.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting, indefinitely storing and regenerating reproductive cells and cell lines from commercial (a) plant and (
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 31 October (HL2654), what specific provisions the Energy Bill Relief Scheme contains to support farming businesses; and what estimate they have made of the impact of that sch
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the level of Basic Payment Scheme funding was in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and whether this was a reduction on the level of funding in previous years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any (a) financial incentive and (b) other support is available to farmers for clearing (i) drainage ditches and (ii) storm drains with the aim of reducing flood risk on (A) the
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential threat posed by African Swine Fever to the British agricultural sector.