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Immigration (Work Permits)

I cannot give that absolute assurance. I have discussed the matter at length with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and we have agreed that by 2010 the scheme that the hon. Gentleman mentions would be wound up and the system that applies everywhere else would be in operation. I can give him the assurance that he seeks until 2010—[Interruption.] I am advised that we will not be in government then, to which I would say, ““Wait and see.”” Beyond that, I can give the hon. Gentleman the assurance that we continue to monitor the situation closely in conjunction with the farming communities and the agricultural industry, and that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and her colleagues keep it under review.