Lord Tebbit
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(8 years, 9 months ago)
Lords ChamberThe noble Lord is absolutely right. This is one of the reasons why we are investing in apprenticeships and in the quality of our education. A very important element of the Immigration Bill which is currently going through your Lordships’ House is the application of a skills levy on people who employ from outside the EU, which will then go back into making sure that the UK-based population have the skills necessary for those jobs in future.
Does it remain the Government’s policy that immigration should be brought down to tens of thousands a year?
Yes, that is our policy, which we repeated in the manifesto at the 2015 election.