Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Rob Marris Excerpts
Monday 11th January 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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I gave evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee before Christmas, and underlined the fact that in our judgment, there are already adequate opportunities for students who graduate in Scotland to move into employment that is commensurate with their qualification. I will look carefully at the recommendations of that Committee.

Rob Marris Portrait Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West) (Lab)
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How does the UK’s proportion of the world market in international students last year compare with equivalent proportions in previous years?

James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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Numbers of university applications continue to rise, and that underlines the effect of our crackdown on the abuses that we saw under the previous Labour Government, where people were coming to the country who could not speak English and who were going to bogus colleges.