Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 14 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 December 2007. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Thursday, 10 January 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.
Immigration: Skilled Workers
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures she has put in place to ensure that immigrants applying for skilled jobs in the UK who are from countries where English is not the first language will not be discriminated against as a result of the English language test requirement.
- Answer
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The Government are introducing the new points based system (PBS) to ensure that decisions on migration are objective, transparent and fair. While we recognise that an English language test presents an additional requirement for migrants, this is an important element of the new PBS which will help facilitate the integration of skilled workers coming to live and work in the UK. We expect that majority of skilled workers coming to the UK should be able to meet this requirement. Nevertheless, we will closely monitor the implementation of this requirement, and prior to launch of the PBS we will carry out an equality impact assessment.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 470 c762W; 175497
- Session
- 2007-08
- Subjects
- Immigration Migrants English language Migrant workers Skilled workers
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