British workers 'needed on farms'

Migrants work long hours for low pay, MPs were told

There are plenty of "British jobs for British workers" on UK farms, a committee of MPs has been told.

James Davies, who recruits East Europeans to pick fruit and vegetables, said he wanted the government to allow 5,000 more foreign workers into the UK.

Asked why he did not employ Britons, he told the home affairs committee: "If they want jobs they can have them."

The MPs were told UK workers did not want seasonal agricultural jobs, which pay a basic wage of