Immigration

Lord Willoughby de Broke Excerpts

Wednesday 7th December 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Henley]

Perhaps the noble Lord and I could have a discussion about this at another time and in another place. The simple fact is that some control has to be brought in because the numbers are unsustainable in the long run. The noble Lord does not agree with me; we will have to remain not agreeing on this subject. However, there are limits to the number of people we can fit into the country.

[Lord Willoughby de Broke]

My Lords, if the aim is to reduce net immigration, will the noble Lord say whether he is going to repatriate the power over immigration from the EU? It would surely help to reduce net immigration if we controlled immigration from the EU.

[Lord Henley]

My Lords, there are no plans to do so.