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Urgent question on Tuesday, 7 March 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Keith Vaz. The answering member was Charles Clarke.

Immigration (Work Permits)

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
443 c723 
Session
2005-06
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Charles Clarke | 443 c723 (Link to this contribution) Today, I am publishing the Government’s response to the recent consultation on a new points-based sy...
Keith Vaz | 443 c723 (Link to this contribution) (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement...
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Charles Clarke | 443 c732 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly give that assurance. As I said in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester,...
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 443 c727 (Link to this contribution) Will the Home Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, take a ha...
Damian Green | 443 c724-5 (Link to this contribution) As I live next door to a south Asian restaurant in my constituency, I am tempted to stick to the fai...
Charles Clarke | 443 c729 (Link to this contribution) A similar argument could be made for limiting by state diktat the number of people born every year. ...
Charles Clarke | 443 c730 (Link to this contribution) The House will be shocked to hear that I agree that the activities of gangmasters and snakeheads are...
Lord Redwood | 443 c729 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary accept that there must be some limit on the overall number of economic migra...
George Mudie | 443 c729-30 (Link to this contribution) Speaking as one who represents an inner-city seat in Leeds, may I offer the Home Secretary a warm we...
Charles Clarke | 443 c730 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give my right hon. Friend that assurance, provided that the contribution continues to be ...
Nick Clegg | 443 c725-7 (Link to this contribution) I, too, on behalf of Liberal Democrat colleagues give a cautious welcome to the announcement. Anythi...
Charles Clarke | 443 c725 (Link to this contribution) I can give my right hon. Friend that assurance, and I agree with him completely. We should look at s...
Charles Clarke | 443 c732 (Link to this contribution) We have worked extremely closely with our colleagues in the Foreign Office, and I have discussed the...
Charles Clarke | 443 c731 (Link to this contribution) There are two things to say about this. The first is that one of the effects of the scheme will be t...
Keith Vaz | 443 c723-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and welcome the Government’s attempts to simplify a c...
Stewart Hosie | 443 c731-2 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the move to a points-based migration system. Paragraph 111 states that the UK skill...
Julian Brazier | 443 c728-9 (Link to this contribution) The House, I am sure, applauded the Home Secretary’s comment about the need, in the first case, to t...
Charles Clarke | 443 c729 (Link to this contribution) I can strongly assure my hon. Friend that the proposal is not intended to be bureaucratic. Indeed, t...
Charles Clarke | 443 c729-30 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his support. I know that, from his knowledge of Leeds—one of the...
Charles Clarke | 443 c728-9 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to have eye contact with the hon. Gentleman. I cannot and will not answer the questio...
Charles Clarke | 443 c724-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s best wishes, and I congratulate him on abandoning ““Fantasy I...
Andrew Smith | 443 c725 (Link to this contribution) Can my right hon. Friend say more about the basis and procedure for determining what counts as a ski...
Mark Pritchard | 443 c732 (Link to this contribution) Given the new responsibilities that the policy will place on Her Majesty’s diplomatic service, will ...
Charles Clarke | 443 c723-4 (Link to this contribution) As the House knows, I very much respect my hon. Friend’s contribution on these matters and am keen t...
Charles Clarke | 443 c727-8 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give that absolute assurance. I have discussed the matter at length with my right hon. Frie...
John Pugh | 443 c730 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary acknowledge that no sane plan can work unless we curb the activities of ille...
John Greenway | 443 c730-1 (Link to this contribution) As the Home Secretary knows, the Council of Europe Migration Committee, on which I am happy to serve...
Charles Clarke | 443 c730-1 (Link to this contribution) First, may I pay my respects to the work that the hon. Gentleman has done in this field? I strongly ...
Lord Boswell of Aynho | 443 c727-8 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary will be aware of the importance attached by large areas of the agricultural and, ...
Charles Clarke | 443 c731-2 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting, as I think he is, that we should change the law to devolve migr...
Gwyn Prosser | 443 c731 (Link to this contribution) I want to add my welcome to the new proposals, not least because they will enable us to crack down o...
Diane Abbott | 443 c728 (Link to this contribution) The whole House welcomes the Government’s efforts to improve the system and to bear down on abuse. H...
Lord McFall of Alcluith | 443 c730 (Link to this contribution) The Governor of the Bank of England, among others, has stated that immigrant labour has been essenti...
Charles Clarke | 443 c727 (Link to this contribution) I am rather shocked to say it, but I agree with every word of my hon. Friend’s remarks.- My hon. F...
Phyllis Starkey | 443 c732 (Link to this contribution) I share many of the concerns raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz), am...
Neil Gerrard | 443 c729 (Link to this contribution) The Home Office expects the largest number of people who come here to do so under tier 2. The docume...
Charles Clarke | 443 c725-7 (Link to this contribution) First, I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his role. The longer he is in the role, the shorter his quest...
Charles Clarke | 443 c728 (Link to this contribution) I can give two assurances. First, the Government understand the importance of the sector. My hon. Fr...
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Immigration controls Immigration Skilled workers Work permits Overseas workers
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