Jeff Smith
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Robert Jenrick
If the hon. Lady is referring to pressure on school places, that would be a good argument for reducing the number of dependants coming to the UK, because the children of the students will be using primary schools in her constituency.
Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab)
The Minister still has not said what economic impact assessment the Government have carried out on this policy. Will he publish one?
Robert Jenrick
I said that we take a pragmatic approach to this issue. We are balancing our strong desire to bring down net migration with the needs of the economy. That is why we have taken the approach of standing behind the 600,000 target for international students, but making this important tweak to ensure that it is not abused.