Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Harriett Baldwin Excerpts
Monday 11th February 2013

(11 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Browne Portrait The Minister of State, Home Department (Mr Jeremy Browne)
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I am extremely sorry to hear about the experiences in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. Drug consumption overall in England and Wales is falling, and there is a lot of different statistical evidence that all points in that direction. However, I take his point that there are differing threats, and that some drugs do not fall in line with other types of drugs. I am happy to meet him if he would like to discuss what more we can do to improve the situation in his constituency.

Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con)
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T4. What overall progress is the Minister making on reducing net migration into the UK to a more sustainable level?

Mark Harper Portrait The Minister for Immigration (Mr Mark Harper)
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I am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that the last set of immigration statistics saw a fall of a quarter in net migration, and we are on track to reduce it from the unsustainable hundreds of thousands that it was under Labour to a much more sustainable tens of thousands, which is what the vast majority of the British public want.