Letter dated 20/12/2011 from Lord McNally to Lord Roper and Bill Cash MP regarding Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council, 13 and 14 December 2011. 4 p.

Letter dated 20/12/2011 from Lord McNally to Lord Roper and Bill Cash MP regarding Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council, 13 and 14 December 2011. 4 p.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 30 November (WA 84), how many confirmations of acceptance for studies (CAS) have each of the 82 current B rated sponsors assigned in the last twelve months; and when the CAS facility for such sponsors is...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 30 November (WA 84), how many confirmations of acceptance for studies (CAS) have each of the 82 current B rated sponsors assigned in the last twelve months; and when the CAS facility for such sponsors is...

Representations [redacted] received by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable, and the Minister for Trade and Investment, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, on forward planning and Tier 2 visas. 3 p.

Representations [redacted] received by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable, and the Minister for Trade and Investment, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, on forward planning and Tier 2 visas. 3 p.

Debate on a motion that this House has considered the matter of immigration. Motion lapsed.

Debate on a motion that this House has considered the matter of immigration. Motion lapsed.

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on 13 and 14 December in Brussels. My right honourable friend, Home Secretary (Theresa May), my right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke MP) and the Scottish Solicitor General, (Lesley Thomson) will attend on behalf...

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on 13 and 14 December in Brussels. My right honourable friend, Home Secretary (Theresa May), my right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke MP) and the Scottish Solicitor General, (Lesley Thomson) will attend on behalf...

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on the 13 and 14 December in Brussels. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Scottish Solicitor-General, (Lesley Thomson) and I will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As the provisional agenda stands, the...

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is due to be held on the 13 and 14 December in Brussels. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Scottish Solicitor-General, (Lesley Thomson) and I will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As the provisional agenda stands, the...

The hon. Gentleman is aware, because he has indeed had a meeting with me, that we must have rules in place. A huge number of bogus and fraudulent colleges have been closed down, one way or another. Of course, genuine students will have been caught up in that, and we...

The hon. Gentleman is aware, because he has indeed had a meeting with me, that we must have rules in place. A huge number of bogus and fraudulent colleges have been closed down, one way or another. Of course, genuine students will have been caught up in that, and we...

The Minister talks of attracting the brightest and the best to our country. I had a meeting with him a week or so ago about those brightest and best students who came to this country to study at the TASMAC business school. They have been subject not only to the...

The Minister talks of attracting the brightest and the best to our country. I had a meeting with him a week or so ago about those brightest and best students who came to this country to study at the TASMAC business school. They have been subject not only to the...

I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of immigration." It is very important that the Government have found time for this debate today. Immigration is a big issue for many millions of people, and this Government, unlike their predecessors, are not going to sweep the debate under...

I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of immigration." It is very important that the Government have found time for this debate today. Immigration is a big issue for many millions of people, and this Government, unlike their predecessors, are not going to sweep the debate under...

The right hon. Gentleman is right, and I will address that point later. Some of the measures that we are taking are precisely to promote integration. My colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government have their own strategy for dealing with that on the ground. Of course, immigration...

The right hon. Gentleman is right, and I will address that point later. Some of the measures that we are taking are precisely to promote integration. My colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government have their own strategy for dealing with that on the ground. Of course, immigration...

The Minister said that one of the advantages of the system has been attracting the brightest and the best and the culture that they add to this country, but surely for us to benefit from their culture, they need to integrate with us. Are there not areas of the country...

The Minister said that one of the advantages of the system has been attracting the brightest and the best and the culture that they add to this country, but surely for us to benefit from their culture, they need to integrate with us. Are there not areas of the country...

I think that that comes under the heading of a nice try. The hon. Gentleman will have to wait until we have fully assessed the recommendations of the Migration Advisory Committee, and the House will be told at the proper time when we have come to a proper decision. Finally,...

I think that that comes under the heading of a nice try. The hon. Gentleman will have to wait until we have fully assessed the recommendations of the Migration Advisory Committee, and the House will be told at the proper time when we have come to a proper decision. Finally,...

I thought that the hon. Gentleman might be going to say a little more about what the Migration Advisory Committee has recommended. It has suggested a lower threshold and a higher threshold, and I wonder which of those two he is aiming for.

I thought that the hon. Gentleman might be going to say a little more about what the Migration Advisory Committee has recommended. It has suggested a lower threshold and a higher threshold, and I wonder which of those two he is aiming for.

As the hon. Gentleman knows, there are no border controls between southern Ireland and Northern Ireland because we all subsist in the common travel area. However, I am happy to tell him, as I think I have before in this House, that I am shortly to visit Dublin to sign...

As the hon. Gentleman knows, there are no border controls between southern Ireland and Northern Ireland because we all subsist in the common travel area. However, I am happy to tell him, as I think I have before in this House, that I am shortly to visit Dublin to sign...