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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Apr 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank my right hon. Friend for coming to Kent to visit one of my local fruit farms and listening to the growers who assembled there, especially as it was during the Easter recess. Can she give me an update on the discussions that she has had with the Home …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Mar 2017
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"4. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the employment of seasonal agricultural workers. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Growers in my constituency are worried about fruit going unpicked not only after we leave the EU, but this year. Can my hon. Friend assure me that he will continue to press the Home Office on this issue, and not only on seasonal agricultural workers after we leave the EU, …..."
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Written Question
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department has in place to support those of its staff who have mental health problems.

Answered by George Eustice

Mental wellbeing forms a key theme in Defra’s employee Wellbeing Framework. The framework provides a structure for the Department to actively promote staff wellbeing, with a particular focus on reducing the incidence of stress and mental ill-health, while increasing awareness and empowering individuals to raise issues at an early stage. Our proactive approach to supporting staff with mental ill-health includes:

  • reducing stigma around mental health and stress
  • offering a wide range of e-learning packages and classroom training for managers and employees on mental health related topics
  • promoting our Employee Assistance Provider
  • empowering and providing budget for our employee-led staff network called Break the Stigma to support colleagues with stress or mental-ill health
  • ensuring Line Managers have the resources, capability and skills to support individuals with mental ill-health. This includes robust attendance management guidance which advises early referral to Occupational Health.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Dec 2015
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"Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming Taittinger and Hatch Mansfield’s new venture to produce sparkling wine in my constituency, and will she take steps to ensure that policy across Government supports the growth of the English sparkling wine industry?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Nov 2015
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"I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for his response to last week’s debate on the impact of the living wage on fruit farmers. As he knows, fruit farmers in my constituency support the living wage, but they are worried that supermarkets will not pay them a price that recognises …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Living Wage (Farmers)

"I thank my hon. Friend from Kent for calling for this debate and setting out the case very well. Fruit farmers in my constituency are also worried about the effect of the living wage, although they also very much support it and often pay experienced workers well above it. They …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Fruit farmers in mid-Kent support the living wage, but they expect it to increase production costs. Has my right hon. Friend had any discussions with supermarkets about their willingness to pay more for British fruit or talked to colleagues at the Treasury about the impact of the living wage on …..."
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