UK: Number of Households

Lord Roberts of Llandudno Excerpts

Monday 29th June 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

My Lords, I do not have those figures to hand but I am very happy to write to the noble Lord and furnish him with them.

[Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD)]

My Lords, are the one-third of hospital doctors who were born overseas considered when heads of household are calculated? Surely that would transform our whole idea of the value of people coming to this country.

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

The noble Lord makes a very valid point about acknowledging the contribution to this country that immigrants make. As I said in my previous reply, my father came here as a doctor from Ireland. People who come to this country to fill those sorts of highly skilled jobs make a very valuable contribution to our economy.