Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Pete Wishart Excerpts
Monday 7th January 2013

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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As the hon. Lady knows, the whole question of the legacy case load was looked at recently by the chief inspector. He found some problems with the way the UK Border Agency has dealt with that. I am happy to write to the hon. Lady with the precise number of people in the category she describes. There are problems with how that was dealt with and we are working through them.

Pete Wishart Portrait Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP)
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The Home Secretary will know that Scotland recently recorded its highest ever population figure, something we very much welcome, and much of it is down to immigration. However, we still have massive demographic issues, with an ageing population and a diminishing active work force, so will she detail how UK immigration policy is helping Scotland to address those?