Net Migration Debate
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Baroness Hamwee
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(4 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford
It is fair to say that the Government want to import the skills needed for the gaps in the market. We are looking to reduce low-skilled migration overall but will introduce a points-based system focused on skills and talents. That combination will mean that overall numbers will come down, I hope.
Baroness Hamwee (LD)
What assumptions have the Government made about people leaving the UK—in other words, emigration, which is a component of net migration?
Baroness Williams of Trafford
There is now net positive migration, which has been pretty much steady over the last few years, so we are not currently seeing net emigration.