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Which sectors will be hit hardest by controls on EU workers?

8 March 2017

The Economic Affairs Committee hears evidence about the impact of Brexit on different sectors of the economy

Witnesses

Wednesday 8 March 2017 Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster 

At 2:35pm

  • Charlotte Holloway, Policy Director, techUK
  • Tim Thomas, Director of Employment and Skills Policy, Engineering Employers' Federation UK (EEF)

At 3:15pm

  • Tim Martin, Founder and Chairman, JD Wetherspoon Plc
  • Andrea Wareham, HR Director, Pret A Manger

At 4:00pm

  • Minette Batters, Deputy President, National Farmers Union
  • David Swales, Head of Strategic Insight, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

At 4:45pm

  • Chris Cox, Director of Membership Relations, Royal College of Nursing
  • Mark Dayan, Policy and Public Affairs Analyst, Nuffield Trust

Likely questions

  • How reliant are these sectors on EU migrants?
  • How long do the EU migrants working in these sectors typically stay?
  • Will any sectors experience a ‘cliff edge' and be unable to recruit new workers following Brexit?
  • How should EU immigration be controlled after Brexit?
  • Is the Government too focussed on high-skilled migrants' needs?
  • To what extent could British workers replace EU workers in these sectors?
  • Should any sectors have special immigration arrangements?

Further information

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