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Controlling Migration

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

519 c169-86 

Session

2010-12

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Migration
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Written questions
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c176 (Link to this contribution) I have to say that several of the groups that the right hon. Gentleman has mentioned came here as re...

Denis MacShane | 519 c176 (Link to this contribution) I wonder how many of us would be sitting here today, if in the 20th century our parents and grandpar...

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Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c174-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman's comments, and for his work, with my hon. Friend the Mem...

Speaker | 519 c175 (Link to this contribution) Order. A great many Members are seeking to catch my eye, and I should like to accommodate as many as...

Henry Smith | 519 c175 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. She correctly mentioned student visas, and then m...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c175 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to assure my hon. Friend that we will issue that consultation very shortly, and that we w...

Pete Wishart | 519 c175 (Link to this contribution) The immigration cap may be designed for the south of England, but it definitely does not fit Scotlan...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c175 (Link to this contribution) This proposal will help all parts of the United Kingdom, because it does two crucial things. It meet...

Robert Smith | 519 c175 (Link to this contribution) Specifically on the energy industries, on which so many jobs in my constituency depend, I welcome th...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c175 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give the comfort that my hon. Friend asks for. Indeed, we will look at the administrat...

Lord Field of Birkenhead | 519 c174 (Link to this contribution) Given the views that were so robustly expressed during the general election campaign, I welcome, on ...

Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 519 c174 (Link to this contribution) I generally welcome my right hon. Friend's statement—but on EU migration, are we not in danger of ig...

Fiona Mactaggart | 519 c173 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady says, ““We will end the link between temporary and permanent migration.”” How ca...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c173 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady, because she gives me the opportunity to say that we will be making i...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c173 (Link to this contribution) We are confident in the work that we have done, and in the fact that we have got the cap—and, crucia...

Keith Vaz | 519 c173-4 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary is more famous for her footwear than her headgear, but may I welcome the exemptio...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c174 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. His turn of phrase encourages me to enjoy my time...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 519 c173 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Home Secretary and the Minister for Immigration on this admirable programme and t...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c173 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that question, and echo his thanks to my hon. Friend the Minister for Imm...

Ed Balls | 519 c171-2 (Link to this contribution) Let me start by thanking the Home Secretary for the—rather late—advance sight of her statement, for ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c169-71 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on immigration. Controlled migration ...

Tom Brake | 519 c173 (Link to this contribution) If the cap is set too low—in other words, at a level that stops UK businesses creating wealth and jo...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c172-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that response. During the Labour leadership campaign, he said:"...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c181 (Link to this contribution) There may be other hon. Members who wish to raise the issue of English language schools from their c...

Mark Lazarowicz | 519 c180-1 (Link to this contribution) May I concur with what has already been said about the position facing English language schools? It ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c181 (Link to this contribution) I think it is important for people who come to live here in the United Kingdom to be able to partici...

Sajid Javid | 519 c181 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, but does she agree that as well as controlling immigrati...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c181 (Link to this contribution) I hear what the hon. Gentleman says. He has a record of having taken a rather different view from th...

Ian Davidson | 519 c181 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement in general terms, but I do not believe that it goes far enough. There is sti...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c180 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for echoing the importance of this issue, which was also raised by the ho...

Paul Blomfield | 519 c180 (Link to this contribution) May I press the Home Secretary on the issue of language courses? I am thinking particularly of Sheff...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c180 (Link to this contribution) I believe that our measures will help because they will tighten up the provisions to ensure that the...

Robert Halfon | 519 c180 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her statement and tell her that my constituents will welc...

Kerry McCarthy | 519 c179 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with the need to take swift removal action against people who overstay their work o...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c179 (Link to this contribution) I am well aware that my hon. Friend has made significant representations on that point, as have othe...

Stephen Lloyd | 519 c179 (Link to this contribution) There are many approved, well established and highly reputable English language schools in my consti...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c179 (Link to this contribution) I had answered the point about what I said in relation to tens of thousands, and I answered the shad...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c180 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that this is the right policy for us to introduce. Many peopl...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c179 (Link to this contribution) We inherited the legacy programme from the last Government and had to deal with a significant backlo...

Derek Twigg | 519 c178-9 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary says that the aim is to reduce net migration from the hundreds of thousands to th...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c178 (Link to this contribution) We are finalising the details of exactly how the 1,000 limit will work. We are also considering a ro...

Lord Barwell | 519 c178 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for her statement, which will be welcomed in my constituency by people ...

James Clappison | 519 c178 (Link to this contribution) May I warmly welcome the sensible decisions that my right hon. Friend has taken? Does she agree that...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c178 (Link to this contribution) A number of hon. Members from all parts of the House with English language schools in their constitu...

Caroline Lucas | 519 c178 (Link to this contribution) English language schools in my constituency contribute more than £100 million to the local economy, ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an interesting point that will be in many people's minds, given the situation ...

Mark Reckless | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) Immigration from Ireland to the UK has doubled from 7,000 to 14,000 as the euro crisis has developed...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c178 (Link to this contribution) One of the issues that we will look at among specific groups, such as students, is the number of peo...

Mike Gapes | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) What procedures and resources will be available for enforcing these proposals, given that one of the...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) In line with current arrangements, there will be some allowance for allowances.

Mark Tami | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) Does the £40,000 figure for intra-company transfers refer only to salaries or to salaries plus benef...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) As I said at the beginning of my statement, controlled migration can benefit this country economical...

Aidan Burley | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) Tony Blair's adviser once said that the sharp increase in immigration over the past 10 years was par...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) I think that we will have to look at that matter again closer to the September 2011 deadline. I woul...

Jim Shannon | 519 c177 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary has suggested that there might be some concessions for those involved in the fish...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c176 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has raised an important point. One of the issues around students relates to those who...

Rehman Chishti | 519 c176 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the statement as representing a constructive way forward? Does the Minister agree that...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c176 (Link to this contribution) Labour Members really are going to have to get their story in order as to exactly what they want to ...

Lord Watts | 519 c176 (Link to this contribution) Are not these proposals a damp squib that will have no real impact on the number of people coming to...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c176 (Link to this contribution) Unlike the last Labour Government, we have been absolutely clear that, for any new member states ent...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c182 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement and have said in response to a number of questions, we are tightening the ...

Gordon Henderson | 519 c181-2 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend recognise that many British workers in the IT industry are very concerned ...

Lord McCabe | 519 c182 (Link to this contribution) I should hate to misrepresent the Home Secretary. To avoid confusion, will she tell us whether she w...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c182 (Link to this contribution) We have been absolutely clear about our aim in regard to net migration, and we made it absolutely cl...

Speaker | 519 c182 (Link to this contribution) I call Paul Uppal. [Interruption.] Order. I am quite worried about Opposition Front Benchers. They a...

Paul Uppal | 519 c182 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. Immigration cases take up most of the case load at my weekly surgery, partic...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c182 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made an interesting suggestion. When we consider the issue of family visas, we wi...

Mark Durkan | 519 c182 (Link to this contribution) Will the Home Secretary say more about how she believes that the needs of particular sectors of the ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c182-3 (Link to this contribution) The proposals I am setting out today apply to immigration policy across the United Kingdom. To respo...

Dominic Raab | 519 c183 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement. Does the Home Secretary agree that the UK economy's dependence on skilled l...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c183 (Link to this contribution) I say to the hon. Lady that it is the position—[Interruption.] I listened very carefully. I will say...

Baroness Berger | 519 c183 (Link to this contribution) During last Thursday's immigration debate, the Home Secretary's departmental colleague, the Under-Se...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c183 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and it is important that we see the policies announced in the st...

William Bain | 519 c184 (Link to this contribution) Two months ago, UK executives at Toyota told me of the benefits for their company and the wider Brit...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c184 (Link to this contribution) I gave some figures in my statement, and I am also happy to be able to say to the hon. Gentleman tha...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c183 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give my hon. Friend that reassurance. While we are consulting on focusing the student ...

Mark Pritchard | 519 c184 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Home Secretary's statement. I just hope that the consultations do not take too long an...

Andrew Griffiths | 519 c184 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Home Secretary on having the grit and determination to introduce this important p...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c184 (Link to this contribution) We are considering the measures that could be taken against those colleges or so-called colleges tha...

Michael Ellis | 519 c184 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Home Secretary on this statement. The shadow Home Secretary has apparently admitt...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c184 (Link to this contribution) I think I will take that as my hon. Friend's contribution to our consultation exercise on student vi...

Ed Balls | 519 c184 (Link to this contribution) indicated assent.

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c185-6 (Link to this contribution) I do not have an estimate of the number of sham marriages, but I am happy to say to my hon. Friend t...

Christopher Pincher | 519 c186 (Link to this contribution) Last and most certainly least, I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. Does she agree that, alth...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c185 (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to give my hon. Friend that commitment on any future new member states entering the ...

Baroness Coffey | 519 c185 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, which will go a long way towards assuaging the co...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c185 (Link to this contribution) We are indeed looking at the criminality criteria for entering in order to tighten them up; we want ...

Sarah Wollaston | 519 c185 (Link to this contribution) Has the Home Secretary made an estimate of the number of sham marriages, particularly those to EU mi...

Chris Ruane | 519 c186 (Link to this contribution) Excellent chairing.

Speaker | 519 c186 (Link to this contribution) I must thank the Home Secretary and colleagues for their co-operation, as a result of which in 40 mi...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c186 (Link to this contribution) I have said in some of my conversations with businesses that it is important that they look to ensur...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c178 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. It is clear that, if we take no action, the numbers of ...

Peter Bone | 519 c176 (Link to this contribution) Hon. Members will be delighted that the Home Secretary has announced this policy to the House first,...

Harriett Baldwin | 519 c183 (Link to this contribution) Returning to the issue of student visas, we have quite a few boarding schools in West Worcestershire...

Speaker | 519 c186 (Link to this contribution) Well, I am always grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his unfailing support and I heard what he said....

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 519 c174 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right about the need to ensure that people in the UK are skilled enough to take up...

Stuart Andrew | 519 c180 (Link to this contribution) It is a disgrace that last year 1,600 visas were granted to people who wanted to work in care homes ...

Subjects

Immigration controls Migration Visas Students EU immigration

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