Immigration: Earned Settlement Debate

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Department: Home Office

Immigration: Earned Settlement

Liz Saville Roberts Excerpts
Monday 2nd November 2026

(4 days, 12 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Shabana Mahmood Portrait Shabana Mahmood
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I am always happy to meet my hon. Friend and will happily discuss those issues with her, but with the proposals that the Government have set out—including the transitional arrangements for those cohorts in health and education, given our reliance on foreign labour in those two sectors and the Migration Advisory Committee’s specific treatment of them—I think that we have found a fair resolution for everyone.

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC)
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The list of public sector jobs eligible to apply for the five-year settlement route does not appear to include prison officers. What assessment has the Home Secretary made of the effect that these changes will have on the crisis-hit Prison Service?