Immigration: Earned Settlement

Debate between Pamela Nash and Shabana Mahmood

Monday 2nd November 2026 Commons Chamber

[Shabana Mahmood]

Perhaps the right hon. Member missed the bit of my statement where I set out transitional arrangements for care workers.

[Pamela Nash (Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke) (Lab)]

The Home Secretary will be well aware that the need for migrant workers varies throughout the country. What assessment has the Home Office made of the impact that these rule changes will make on areas such as mine in Lanarkshire, where the gap between the numbers of healthy working-age people and retirees is widening exponentially?

[Shabana Mahmood]

My hon. Friend will know that immigration policy is a reserved matter and applies UK-wide, so the rules that we have announced today apply to everyone everywhere. The Government will publish an impact assessment in the normal way, around the same time as when the immigration rules are laid.