Immigration: Home Office Meetings Debate

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Department: Home Office

Immigration: Home Office Meetings

Lord Winston Excerpts
Monday 3rd December 2012

(12 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait Lord Taylor of Holbeach
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The Government’s resolution to deal with this problem is the one thing that I can assure the noble Countess of.

Lord Winston Portrait Lord Winston
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My Lords, is the Minister aware that at a recent Select Committee when the UK Border Agency was giving evidence, the members of that agency were completely incapable of giving accurate statistics on students, particularly regarding the courses and universities that they were attending? Do we not think that, rather than a ball-park figure, it would be appropriate to know exactly the quality of the students and which universities they are going to?

Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait Lord Taylor of Holbeach
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Indeed. I am sure that that information is available. The question is how it is collated.