Migrant Workers: Livestock Industry
Commons · Question 114614 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Mike Tapp, 25 Feb 2026
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 ...