I would like to join in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich West (Mr Bailey) and other colleagues on securing this important debate. He made some important points, as have all the subsequent speakers. It is good to see cross-party agreement emerging that we have to remove...

I would like to join in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich West (Mr Bailey) and other colleagues on securing this important debate. He made some important points, as have all the subsequent speakers. It is good to see cross-party agreement emerging that we have to remove...

Indeed. That the Prime Minister felt he had to say that was a tacit acknowledgement of the damage done to the UK’s reputation.

Indeed. That the Prime Minister felt he had to say that was a tacit acknowledgement of the damage done to the UK’s reputation.

The problem is that not enough is being done to encourage it to thrive. As was pointed out earlier, Universities UK takes issue with some of the figures, but however we characterise them the current position is pretty flat. For a global market that is expanding so quickly, it simply...

The problem is that not enough is being done to encourage it to thrive. As was pointed out earlier, Universities UK takes issue with some of the figures, but however we characterise them the current position is pretty flat. For a global market that is expanding so quickly, it simply...

I will take those comments as warm and strong support for the points I have made about the damage the changes to the visa regime have done.

The Government are denying independent colleges a level playing field and disadvantaging them in a number of respects. These include: the 2011 two-year cap...

I will take those comments as warm and strong support for the points I have made about the damage the changes to the visa regime have done.

The Government are denying independent colleges a level playing field and disadvantaging them in a number of respects. These include: the 2011 two-year cap...

Does my hon. Friend think that the Home Office still has Erasmus’s passport?

Does my hon. Friend think that the Home Office still has Erasmus’s passport?

Will the Minister give way?

Will the Minister give way?

Before the Minister concludes his remarks, will he tell the House how he intends to respond to the Select Committee recommendations and his reasons for that response? He has not yet done so.

Before the Minister concludes his remarks, will he tell the House how he intends to respond to the Select Committee recommendations and his reasons for that response? He has not yet done so.

I welcome my hon. Friend’s commitment to work with the restaurant sector on the issue, which is enormously important. Into which category will the workers in question fall under the points-based scheme? Is it the second category, under which relatively skilled people can stay after five years, or is it...

I welcome my hon. Friend’s commitment to work with the restaurant sector on the issue, which is enormously important. Into which category will the workers in question fall under the points-based scheme? Is it the second category, under which relatively skilled people can stay after five years, or is it...

I welcome the measured tone of the previous speech. It is clear from both the speeches of the Opposition Front-Bench spokesmen that they do not have an alternative policy, and that is probably quite a good thing. The more measured a debate we can have about immigration policy issues, the...

I welcome the measured tone of the previous speech. It is clear from both the speeches of the Opposition Front-Bench spokesmen that they do not have an alternative policy, and that is probably quite a good thing. The more measured a debate we can have about immigration policy issues, the...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the net migration from urban and suburban to rural areas of England and Wales in the past 10 years. Inc text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for National Statistics.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the net migration from urban and suburban to rural areas of England and Wales in the past 10 years. Inc text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for National Statistics.

Further to 146 c750W, to express figures as a % of total university lecturing staff for each of years 1980-1987. - Includes table.

Further to 146 c750W, to express figures as a % of total university lecturing staff for each of years 1980-1987. - Includes table.

What monitoring undertaken of nos of lecturers in following disciplines in further & higher education, who are leaving UK to take up positions abroad: medicine & dentistry, engineering & technology, veterinary science, mathematical science, physics, chemistry, biology, social sciences, economics, business studies, accountancy, law, languages & literature, & arts; what...

What monitoring undertaken of nos of lecturers in following disciplines in further & higher education, who are leaving UK to take up positions abroad: medicine & dentistry, engineering & technology, veterinary science, mathematical science, physics, chemistry, biology, social sciences, economics, business studies, accountancy, law, languages & literature, & arts; what...