Immigration: EU Nationals
(asked on 22nd April 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Second Reading of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill not occurring in the House of Commons on 21 April, what steps they are taking to ensure that new immigration arrangements are in place by the end of December.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Government remains committed to ending free movement and introducing a new Points-Based Immigration System.
The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill will proceed when Parliamentary time allows and taking into account the new virtual operating arrangements in Parliament.
The Government set out proposals for its new Points-Based Immigration system in its policy statement on 19 February.