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Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill

I want to make progress; this is not just a debate between the hon. Member for Leicester, East and me. As for the policy of dealing with claims offshore—[Interruption.] The hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick) makes a sedentary intervention and it is very nice to see him join the debate—even at this late stage. We did see him earlier, briefly. It is indeed our policy that Parliament set a quota for the number of people settling here each year, and in due course, we would move toward a policy of region-of-origin applications, rather than applications through this House.