Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 30 April 2012.
Migration: University-sponsored Students
- Question
- My Lords, if the Government were to accept the proposal put to them by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, would they not thereby confer a great benefit on UK universities and on bona fide international university students, as well as on our international standing, and at the same time be able to hit their own immigration target figures, which they have otherwise not a hope of achieving?
- Answer
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The noble Lord is, yet again, another one who wants me to fix the figures. I do not want to do that. We want to do these things in a proper way, and the definition of migrants is that they are people staying for over a year. We welcome students and do what we can to get them, but we are not going to fix the figures in the manner that he suggests.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 736 c1935
- Session
- 2010-12
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Overseas students Migration Statistics
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