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HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Would the CBI therefore support a seasonal agricultural workers scheme, for example, and do you see any other sectors that might benefit from something similar? Matthew Fell:…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q I am conscious that the Migration Advisory Committee has, over many years, given close thought to the whole issue of migration, particularly when it comes to free movement and…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q I am conscious that we invited the Scottish CBI to come and give evidence, but it deferred to you and said it was happy that you would be able to represent its views. Was there…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Kinnair, I have a question on shortage occupation lists and the removal of doctors and nurses from the tier 2 cap. Notwithstanding the £30,000 threshold, do you see…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)The complaints mechanism, because this Bill is specifically about turning off free movement and the role that immigration policy has to play. Do you think the Home Office is best…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think that is a protection that would be best put in place by the Home Office as part of immigration policy, or by some other organisation? Caroline Robinson: The…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Yes.12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Yes. Lord Green: Possibly. I don’t know. It depends on what happens. But I think that the £30,000 is a sensible level, and it does mean that you are then dealing with highly…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q Do you think that salary level is always necessarily a proxy for skill? Lord Green: Not always, but it is not a bad proxy. It is probably the best you have.12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q A number of members of the Committee asked about flexibility and meeting the future needs of the economy. How important do you consider it to be that we should have a future…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q We have three minutes to go, and I will try to give you time to answer, Lord Green. We have heard from employers’ groups, among others, that what they want from a future…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q I am sure that Hansard will correct me if I misheard you, but I think you said very early on in your evidence that short-term visas inevitably lead to exploitation. Do you think…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)Q Is it your contention that we should not have an agricultural worker scheme, and should perhaps seek to do away with tier 5? Chai Patel: I would have to think about that.…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a question for Vivienne. We know that last year the number of applications from international students rose by 9%. I want to clarify your comment that EU students have a…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (First sitting)The settled scheme is up and running. We are awarding EU citizens their status, and we have achieved that by secondary legislation; we laid various statutory instruments that…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q We have taken on board FLEX’s position that there should not be a seasonal agricultural worker scheme. You will have heard about the pressures from organisations such as the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think workers’ protections are best secured through immigration policy or through a range of other Government Departments and tools? How could we better work with the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q It is, but we know that the numbers are up. You specifically referred to EU students and said that we make it “difficult for them to come”. How? Vivienne Stern: My comment about…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Earlier today, we heard concerns about those employed in the agricultural sector, both from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants and the TUC. Would you say that…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a final question on data and data sharing. I am going to gently correct something Ms Blackstock said about the settled status scheme: it is now in its public testing…12 Feb 2019