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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Robert Courts Excerpts
Monday 3rd December 2018

(5 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Ah, Mr Courts, we have not heard from you. Let us do so.

Robert Courts Portrait Robert Courts (Witney) (Con)
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What steps are Ministers taking to create an open and global immigration system?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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It is very important that we remain open and global with our new immigration system and that we also make the best use of new technology. My hon. Friend will have heard the Chancellor announce in the Budget that we will be expanding e-gates to five other countries—the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan—and we will now also be adding Singapore and South Korea to that list.