Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Amber Rudd Excerpts
Monday 4th June 2018

(6 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Nokes Portrait Caroline Nokes
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I thank the hon. Lady for her question. We regard the action that the Home Office has taken in response to information received from the Educational Testing Service as proportionate. However, we are reviewing the position of those who remain in the UK.

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con)
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While I welcome the Home Secretary’s comments about ensuring non-EU migration for the NHS, may I ask him to also bear in mind the needs of the private sector and ensure that any solution he finds does not merely put more pressure on the tier 2 visa cap? We must ensure that our private sector businesses get the highly experienced, skilled labour that they need.

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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It is an honour to take a question from my right hon. Friend, and I can give her that assurance. She is absolutely right; we have to make sure we have the skills that we need for both our public sector and our private sector.