Draft Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Debate between Anne McLaughlin and Shailesh Vara
Wednesday 16th November 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

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Shailesh Vara Portrait Shailesh Vara
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I note the hon. Lady’s comments about migrants coming to this country. However, does she agree that we must deplore the way that thousands of them come to this country—by using people smugglers, who risk lives?

Anne McLaughlin Portrait Anne McLaughlin
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I did not know that we were allowed to go off on a tangent. This is getting into an argument about how people come to this country. We are talking about migrant workers; asylum seekers are not allowed to work.

Shailesh Vara Portrait Shailesh Vara
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On a point of order, Ms Fovargue. I was simply taking up an issue that the hon. Member for Glasgow North East raised. If I am out of order, presumably she is as well.

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