Limits on Non-EU Economic Migration Debate

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Department: Home Office

Limits on Non-EU Economic Migration

Stewart Hosie Excerpts
Monday 28th June 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stewart Hosie Portrait Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP)
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May I agree with the Home Secretary that immigration has enriched our culture and enhanced our society? I welcome the fact that she intends to consult business and other interested parties on the implementation of the new rules. May I ask for that to include further detailed discussions with the Scottish Government, particularly the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, and Scotland’s universities, to make sure that the difficulties that we have had under the current regime in recruiting world-class academic and research staff are not made worse, and to make sure that the reputation of those universities is not weakened?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point and for reminding me that I did not make it clear in my statement that we will, of course, be consulting the devolved Administrations. Indeed, my hon. Friend the Minister for Immigration has written to the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales today on exactly this point.