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HANSARDLegal MigrationI assure my hon. Friend that the Government remain relentlessly focused on those very issues. Increasing skills, increasing productivity and increasing investment in plant,…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationI assure my hon. Friend that we will deliver these proposals with alacrity and at pace.04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationMy right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. I replied earlier about the need for English language. If somebody is denied the ability to communicate in the country…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationIt would have been better had the hon. Lady listened to the points that were made about protecting the scientific community in and around Oxford by ensuring that we remain…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationThe simple truth is that the British people have far more confidence in the party that campaigned to take back control of its immigration system, than they do in the party that…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationWe have committed to doing a wider review of the higher education, post-graduate route, and I take my hon. Friend’s point on board. We have already taken action, but I commit to…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The people who are brought here on a false premise are victims of abuses of this system. We are already taking action to address those abuses,…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationThis is an incredibly important point, and it is why control of immigration is so important. We are a generous country. We have demonstrated that generosity time and time again,…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationWithout wanting to drift back into my old portfolio, I have, in close co-ordination with my right hon. Friend the Immigration Minister, negotiated a number of youth mobility…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationWe have already started to take action, and the plans that we have put forward today will take that further. Ensuring that care homes are registered with the Care Quality…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. Ultimately, the decisions that we make here affect the lives of others. We should always be conscious of the impact of our…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationNo one is being forced to do anything. If people choose to come here, they choose to abide by the rules that we put in place. That is completely fair and appropriate. My mother…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationIt will be brought in in the early part of next year, in close co-ordination with the Migration Advisory Committee. No one who is already here will be disadvantaged. Ultimately,…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationI have no doubt that the Immigration Minister, who is hugely experienced in this portfolio, will come fully armed with facts and figures at his fingertips.04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationThe point about dependants is an incredibly important one. If the hon. Gentleman had listened carefully to the answer I gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Damian…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationMy right hon. Friend the Immigration Minister met the Lake District tourist Board; so, specifically in answer to the hon. Member’s question, yes, he has. The simple truth of the…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationAs predicted, each and every one of the speakers on the Opposition Benches thus far has opposed the proposals I put forward, despite what the shadow Home Secretary said. As the…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationI was waiting for the policy announcement from the Labour party, and sadly I am still waiting. The right hon. Lady talks about skills training. Hers was the party which, in…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationMy right hon. Friend asks an important question. My right hon. Friend the Immigration Minister and I have crunched the numbers in great detail. What we have seen through this…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationMy right hon. Friend is right to draw our attention to students. Our university sector is a global success story and widely respected around the world. We want to make sure it…04 Dec 2023