Recruitment Support for Agricultural Workers
A debate on recruitment support for agricultural workers will take place in Westminster Hall scheduled for Wednesday 25th May 2022, from 4:30-5:30pm. Wendy Chamberlain MP will open the debate.

Consideration of Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill is scheduled for 20 April. This briefing has been updated from section 5 onwards.
Nationality and Borders Bill: Progress of the Bill (792 KB , PDF)
The Nationality and Borders Bill is in the final stage of the legislative process (“ping-pong” stage). There were 12 government defeats at Lords consideration of Commons amendments on 4 April. The Bill is scheduled to be considerd again in the Commons on 20 April.
The Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament have both refused to give legislative consent to the Bill. The Government considers that the UK-wide measures relate to reserved matters and therefore none of the Bill’s provisions engage the legislative consent process.
A few clauses only apply to England and Wales (civil legal aid services; arrangements for removal of foreign national prisoners; and some measures relating to support for potential victims of modern slavery).
Government amendments to three measures in the Bill were approved at report stage. They include new powers to apply visa penalties to applicants from countries considered to pose a threat to international peace and security. Those powers would come into effect upon Royal Assent. Ministers have confirmed that the Government intends to apply them to Russians, further to the military invasion of Ukraine.
19 non-government amendments were approved at report stage.
Peers voted to remove various clauses from the Bill:
Peers voted to substantially amend several other key provisions in the Bill, including:
In addition, Peers approved several new clauses which would:
Several tidying up amendments were approved at third reading on 14 March. They mostly relate to non-government amendments.
Nationality and Borders Bill: Progress of the Bill (792 KB , PDF)
A debate on recruitment support for agricultural workers will take place in Westminster Hall scheduled for Wednesday 25th May 2022, from 4:30-5:30pm. Wendy Chamberlain MP will open the debate.
A Westminster Hall debate on Funding levels for diplomatic staff in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is scheduled for Tuesday 24 May 2022, from 9.30am to 11.00am. The debate will be led by Valerie Vaz MP.
The investigation of former British soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during “The Troubles” is receiving a significant amount of media and parliamentary attention as a result of ongoing court cases and the Government's new proposals for dealing with legacy issues in Northern Ireland.