Written question asked by David Heathcoat-Amory (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 January 2003. It was answered by Denis MacShane (Labour) on Thursday, 9 January 2003 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will identify the independent studies on migration referred to in his statement of 16th December, Official Report, 396 c537-551, on EU enlargement and free movement of workers. - Includes ref to "Assessment of Possible Migration Pressures and its Labour Market Impact Following EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe", and "The Impact of Enlargement on Employment and Labour Markets in the EU Member States".

Answer: Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will identify the independent studies on migration referred to in his written statement of 16 December 2002, Official Report, columns 537-551, on EU enlargement and free movement of workers. [89247] Mr. MacShane: Successive independent studies have indicated that there is unlikely to be a large influx of workers from the new member states to the UK after accession. Two recent examples include: Bauer, Thomas K and Zimmerman, Klaus F (1999), "Assessment of Possible Migration Pressures and its Labour Market Impact Following EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe", and Boeri, Tito and Bruecker, Herbert (2000), "The Impact of Enlargement on Employment and Labour Markets in the EU Member States".

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 89247; 397 c304W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Immigration EU enlargement Free movement of labour Migration Research
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk