Lord Howard told Sky News that Theresa May would show the same "resolve" over Gibraltar as Margaret Thatcher had with "another Spanish speaking country" over the Falklands.
Ministers admitted the industry's "reliance on foreign workers" hadn't been solved after Brexit.
DWP to promote Brexit ‘career opportunities’ in fruit picking to stop food rotting in fields again
29/03/2022
Produce has gone unpicked after EU migrant workers stayed away.
Increased hardship for small farmers as close to a billion pounds wiped off UK’s farming economy in 2020.