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Immigration (Work Permits)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his support. I know that, from his knowledge of Leeds—one of the great cities to have benefited from migration over the years—he will agree with what we are trying to achieve. We envisage a time scale of between 18 months and two years for implementing the whole process. We will simply go through the process stage by stage, steadily implementing the proposals, if they get the support that will enable them to be carried through in every part of the country, as I believe they will.