Net Migration

Debate between Lord Murray of Blidworth and Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

Tuesday 29th November 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con)]

I note what my noble friend says, but the level of provision of medical training is a matter for the Department of Health and the Department for Education.

[Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)]

My Lords, is it not true that one of the great attractions of this country is that people can come in and get employment without any real problem whatsoever, and that the major error that we have had is the abandonment of the policy we had in 2010 to have a form of identity for every individual in the country? This has now been exposed as a major failing of the then Tory and Lib Dem Government, and something needs to be done to address it.

[Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con)]

The Government do not agree that the answer is identity cards.