Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Robert Goodwill and Mary Creagh

Thursday 25th July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Goodwill]

My right hon. Friend and I are both former Immigration Ministers, so we know this issue. Indeed, one of the points made to me at the Fruit Focus event was the need to access labour to pick our fruit. The pilot scheme that my right hon. Friend brought forward during her time at the Home Office is a step in the right direction, but we do need to ensure we can have the workforce to pick the fruit, particularly given the weakness of the pound and the fact that perhaps not all European Union citizens are as attracted to come to the UK as they were.

[Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab)]

8. What plans the Government have to reduce the (a) environmental and (b) social impact of fast fashion.