Subject	Predicate	Object
IpbSVLLT	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	CjqREEWI
	answer has answering person	Therese Coffey
	answer text	<p>The Government understands the importance of seasonal labour in supporting a successful and effective agricultural sector, and is considering how best to support the needs of the sector both before and after the UK leaves the EU. We keep our position on seasonal labour under close review.</p><p>Until the end of December 2020, employers in the agricultural and food processing sectors can recruit EU citizens to fill vacancies, and those arriving to work will be able to stay in the UK afterwards. In June 2018, the Home Office announced further details about how EU citizens and their families can obtain settled status in the UK.</p><p>Defra is working closely with the Home Office as they seek to develop a new immigration framework to ensure that the UK has a controlled but flexible migration policy that considers access to seasonal agricultural labour.</p>
	answer given date	2018-07-27
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	IpbSVLLT
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	IpbSVLLT
CjqREEWI	question has answer	IpbSVLLT
Therese Coffey	answering person has answer	IpbSVLLT