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Managed Migration

The answer to my right hon. Friend, in short, is both. Once the sector has worked with the skills advisory body to establish that there is a shortage, those with skills who are performing skilled roles as chefs, under-chefs and such roles in restaurants can come in under tier 2. If it can be shown—from discussions with the sector I think that it can be—that neither the UK labour market nor the wider EU labour market can fill the gaps in the sector, those with a much lower skills base can come in through that route. We must establish sector by sector where the cut-off point is between tier 2 and tier 3—the cut-off point in terms of skills, training, remuneration and qualifications. Between now and final implementation of the plan, we have the time and space to get discussions under way with the sector. I repeat the point made by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary when we introduced the scheme: many of the concerns expressed by the sector, not just by Indian and Bangladeshi restaurants, but by the Chinese sector as well, need resolving now, rather than waiting for the system to be implemented.