Debates between Robin Walker and Rebecca Pow during the 2017-2019 Parliament

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Robin Walker and Rebecca Pow
Thursday 14th June 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robin Walker Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Mr Robin Walker)
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I think the hon. Lady may have misheard me. I said that there would be no resources spent on going against our commitments on the border. That is the point I was making. Obviously, resources allocated by the Government are really a question for the Treasury and the Northern Ireland Office.

Rebecca Pow Portrait Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane) (Con)
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T7. Does my hon. Friend agree that coming up with a plan soon to enable seasonal or short-term labour from the EU or the wider world in the form of, say, a seasonal agricultural worker’s visa or seasonal worker’s visa would be really helpful to businesses? We do not necessarily need to keep them waiting until we actually exit the EU, and it would mean they could plan.