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HANSARDImmigration SystemThe hon. Member will know that the previous Government introduced asylum hotels because they had lost control of the asylum system. This Government are clear that we need to end…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemMy hon. Friend is right to say that we have supported people from Ukraine, Hong Kong and Afghanistan who have fled persecution or conflict—or, in the case of Afghans, those who…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemInternational students have brought huge benefits. They contribute by bringing investment, as well as skills and talent, and universities are important parts of local economies…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemWe do need to increase apprenticeships and training, which is why we are supporting 60,000 more construction workers to go through training to support our economy, alongside, as…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemWe want the settlement rules to be amended as swiftly as possible and to apply widely, but we will consult on the detail, and it is right that we do so. I say to the hon. Member…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. We are setting out practical plans on the skilled worker visa, construction training jobs, and an immigration skills charge, so that…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemI think the opposite of what the hon. Member said is true. We have talked about capped and limited schemes. At the moment, it is possible for people from other parts of the world…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the Government’s White Paper on restoring control over the immigration system. Five months ago, the figures…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemMy hon. Friend may be aware that the biggest increases in the number of student visas were often for lower-ranking universities in the league tables, and people often did not do…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemAs I pointed out in my statement, the number of care workers recruited from abroad has fallen since the initial big increase, and it is important to prevent such an increase…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemI must have missed a bit of the shadow Home Secretary’s response—the bit, maybe at the beginning, when he apologised to the House and the country for his party’s policies, which…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemMy hon. Friend is right to say that the kind of exploitation that we have seen has been deeply damaging for people who have come to this country in good faith. Like him, I have…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemThe approach that we set out in our manifesto, and that we have set out in this White Paper, is about how we properly control and manage the migration system so that it benefits…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemThe care provider in the hon. Member’s constituency will be able to extend the care visas and will also be able to recruit displaced care workers, of whom there were 39,000 when…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemMy hon. Friend is exactly right. In Mansfield and throughout the country, we need training and skills. The immigration skills charge proposals mean that employers who recruit from…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemMy hon. Friend is right: we need proper training and skills. A system in which the number of engineering visas could rise while the number of engineering apprenticeships fell does…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemIn the White Paper, we highlight the importance of tackling exploitation, which is deeply damaging for those who have come to the UK in good faith, as well as for other employers.…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemIn the space of just four years, we saw a huge increase in overseas recruitment at exactly the same time that training in the UK fell. It is a real problem in the UK labour market…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemI draw my hon. Friend’s attention to the words in my statement: in recent years and through many generations, people have come to the UK, contributed to and built our communities,…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemI am not sure the right hon. Lady’s Front-Bench team can answer that question. We have made clear that net migration needs to reduce substantially. We had years of targets from…12 May 2025