Question follow-through · 37191
Seasonal Workers: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the regulation of tied-accommodation for seasonal agricultural workers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the regulation of tied-accommodation for seasonal agricultural workers.
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Defra, Home Office, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Ministers and their Officials regularly engage regarding a range of issues, including accommodation standards for seasonal workers. The Government will work collaboratively on t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
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