Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Commons · Question 87348 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Law
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
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 7 Nov 2025
Together 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...