Written question asked by Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 7 January 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 January 2019. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Monday, 21 January 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.
Immigration
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their white paper The UK’s future skills-based immigration system, published in December 2018 (Cm 9722), how they define “sustainable levels” of migration.
- Answer
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A sustainable level of net migration is one which contributes to economic growth by ensuring that businesses have the labour they need to operate effectively, while at the same time not putting undue burden on communities and services and not giving rise to public concern about migration levels.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL12580
- Session
- 2017-19
- Related items
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The UK's future skills-based immigration system
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Command papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
- Subjects
- Immigration
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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