Moved by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
218: After Clause 34, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to sustain the UK agricultural industry workforce
(1) The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a strategy outlining the steps that Her Majesty’s Government proposes to take to—
(a) ensure an appropriate supply of seasonal agricultural workers,
(b) increase the number of people undertaking—
(i) practical training, and
(ii) formal qualifications
relating to agricultural work,
(c) ensure agricultural workers have sufficient access to—
(i) financial advice,
(ii) mental health support, and
(iii) any other support the Secretary of State deems appropriate, and
(d) ensure agricultural workers are subject to fair sectoral terms and conditions.
(2) In preparing the strategy under subsection (2), the Secretary of State must consult—
(a) other relevant UK Ministers,
(b) the Scottish Ministers,
(c) the Welsh Ministers,
(d) the Northern Ireland department, and
(e) bodies that appear to the Secretary of State to represent the interests of the UK agricultural industry.”