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Debate between Pamela Nash and Damian Green(11 years, 11 months ago)
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Damian Green
I will happily obey you in this instance, Mr Speaker, as I always do.
Sir Clive Loader will make an excellent PCC, and he will be keen to reduce bureaucracy. It is precisely on their record of releasing the energies of the police to do what we want them to do and serve on the front line that PCCs will be judged when the elections come round again. I am sure that that will engage the public more.
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)
9. How many student visas she expects to be issued in 2013.
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Debate between Pamela Nash and Damian Green(13 years, 5 months ago)
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Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)
T3. Can the Minister confirm that student visitor visas, which have recently been increased to 11 months, will not be included in general immigration statistics?
The Minister for Immigration (Damian Green)
Yes, as indeed I made clear in answer to a previous question. The definition of an immigrant is somebody who comes here for more than 12 months, so student visitor visas, like tourist visas, are for visitors, not for immigrants. They therefore do not come under immigration limits.