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Written Question
Migrant Workers
Monday 29th October 2018

Asked by: Bill Grant (Conservative - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

Question to the Home Office:

What steps the Government is taking to ensure that its policies on immigration enable the hiring of the number of skilled migrants that the UK requires.

Answered by Sajid Javid

The Government is committed to ensuring our migration system works in the national interest by enabling employers to recruit skilled-migrants from overseas.

In July, we exempted doctors and nurses from the annual cap, which freed up hundreds of places a month for other sectors of the economy.

This has had a positive impact and the cap is no longer oversubscribed.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I seek an assurance from the Minister that any revised immigration policy will reflect the needs of the farming and fishing community in Scotland and indeed the whole UK?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Sep 2018
Windrush

"Will my right hon. Friend confirm that analysis of the Windrush cases reveals problems over many years under successive Governments, and that this Government will resolve those problems?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Moray (Douglas Ross) for securing this important debate on fishing fleets around the UK.

The fishermen I have met in Ayrshire and at Westminster have advised me that the fishing industry …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

"In my discussions with local fishermen, I have found that they particularly value the Filipinos who come as migrant workers. They are far beyond labourers; they bring in immense skills, whether in engineering, safety or dealing with vessels. They bring important skills to the fishing fleet in Scotland, Northern Ireland …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jun 2018
Medicinal Cannabis

"I am sure that many will agree that the great British public are very much behind the emergency decision taken by the Minister to secure the cannabis oil for Billy Caldwell. Will the Minister now look at whether other children like Billy should, with clinical support, be allowed to legally …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 14 May 2018
Grenfell Tower Inquiry

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Wilson. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully) for securing this important debate.

As a former fire officer with 31 years’ service, I pay tribute to the bereaved and survivors of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Windrush

"This is just a brief question, Mr Speaker, and not a speech. Can my right hon. Friend confirm that the members of the Windrush generation, who have done so much for this country—we are indebted to them—will now be able to become British citizens at no extra cost?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Mar 2018
Hate Crime

"Will my hon. Friend reassure the House that those spreading this fear and hatred, in whatever forum, should be investigated by the police and, where appropriate, dealt with severely by the courts?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Feb 2018
Immigration White Paper

"Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the Government are committed to leaving the single market and that that will allow the United Kingdom to have more control over EU immigration in future?..."
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