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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 22 Jul 2020
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

"My Lords, the two Opposition Front-Bench speeches that we have just heard raise the question, why do we restrict immigration? After all, most immigrants are good, industrious and enterprising people, welcome here as our friends, neighbours and colleagues, as the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, said.

Some immigration is indeed good …..."
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Written Question
Health Professions: Africa
Thursday 19th January 2017

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses and auxiliary nurses from (i) Nigeria, (ii) Ghana and (iii) other African countries have come to the UK under the points-based system in each year since 2008.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

I am sorry but this information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Written Question
Work Permits: Africa
Monday 9th January 2017

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permit applications have been approved for (a) doctors and (b) nurses and auxiliary nurses from (i) Nigeria, (ii) Ghana and (iii) other African countries in each year since 2007.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Work Permit arrangements ended in 2008 and were replaced by the Points Based System. The work permit database has been archived and there are no reporting facilities any longer on this database therefore data for 2006 and 2007 is not available.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 May 2015
Home Affairs and Justice

"Thank you, Mr Speaker, for asking me to complete this debate. I shall endeavour to do so—that is, up until the very important closing speeches.

I apologise for being unable to be here for the opening speeches or for all the maiden speeches, though all those I heard were of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 May 2015
Home Affairs and Justice

"I am sure that my hon. Friend is right, although I am not sure that it would matter terribly if we were expelled from the Council of Europe. We might just as well belong to it, and I am sure that we could continue to belong to it even if …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Oct 2014
UK Drugs Policy

"It is a great privilege to take part in the debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas). I am not sure whether it will cause her or me more embarrassment among our supporters that we find ourselves sharing company and the same side of the argument.

…..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Oct 2014
UK Drugs Policy

"I will, for the sake of argument, agree with my hon. Friend, but I think that is a rather different argument from the one I am addressing.

The most important single reason for legalising the sale of cannabis is to break the link between the sale of hard drugs and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 Jan 2014
Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Bill

"The largest...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will my hon. Friend reject any pressures to change the policy on students coming here in the light of the fact that the OECD estimates that a quarter of students subsequently stay on, 120,000 of them settle and 120,000 seek and are granted extensions of their stay while they are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Feb 2011
Sex Offenders Register

"May I astonish my right hon. Friend by saying that I think there is some merit in the Court’s decision, particularly in the way she has interpreted it? Does not this case illustrate the fact that rights are not absolute and that the rights of the victim have to be …..."
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