Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Baroness Goudie Excerpts

Wednesday 7th October 2020 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Goudie (Lab) [V]]

My Lords, the extension in these regulations of the charge to a wider range of skilled workers imposes an additional cost on charities and additional work for them. The voluntary sector at present is under great pressure, not only financially but in looking for really good global staff, along with businesses which recruit migrant workers who have skills that British workers do not. This is a thoroughly retrograde measure at a time when migrant workers are, more than ever, necessary to protect our economy and society from the economic consequences of the twin devils of Brexit and Covid.