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HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemIt is important to restate for the benefit of the House the Government’s focus and emphasis on the labour market and its needs. The system is flexible so that assessment can be…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI hope the hon. Lady will recognise that the points-based system—she will have heard me say this in my statement, too—is welcoming those with the right skills and attributes, and…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemMy hon. Friend makes the very valid point that obviously we are on the side of the British public when it comes to delivering the people’s priorities. Last week I too met people…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemThe hon. Lady will know—I have already said this, but I will restate it—that I am working with the Department of Health and Social Care and its Secretary of State specifically on…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The pledge that we made to the British public is that the British Government will be in control of our new immigration system. He is also…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemLet me clarify that there will be no changes to the existing routes.24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Illegal migration is a significant issue facing our country and many others, and this Government have a very strong and clear strategy for…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemThe hon. Lady will recognise from the policy statement, which I am sure she has read, that points can be applied to the skills that are required across sectors. That would apply…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI am sorry that the hon. Lady continues to shake her head, but that is absolutely the right route forward. It is vital that businesses invest in people domestically, skill them up…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemThe hon. Lady may shake her head in disagreement, but the policy is fundamentally set alongside the fact that we have left the EU. This is about an immigration policy in the…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemThat is absolutely right. We have quadrupled the seasonal agricultural workers scheme, which is vital. The flexibility in the system is crucial in respect of the way we turn…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Caring is not a low-skilled occupation and it is wrong for anybody in this House to say that it is. Carers provide essential and compassionate…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemNo, it is not low-skilled.24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I recall our great visit to Tiptree and the fruit farms there. He is absolutely right to speak about how we can invest in not only people…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemThe hon. Lady is right; our economy and labour market are changing, thanks to technology and emerging skills that may not even be reflected in the discussion and debate that we…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemOn the contrary, I define care as a good quality and it is—24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemThe right hon. Lady is right about the deadlines and the timeframe for the EU settlement scheme, and also in saying that by January 2021 we will have established the outline—the…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right; the talented teams who have been working on this policy area have absolutely helped us to deliver this in our first 100 days as a new…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. First of all, it is important to recognise that the new points-based system will work in the interests of the whole United Kingdom,…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Government have been very clear and have listened to the messages from the 2016 referendum and the general election. Of course, this…24 Feb 2020