Immigration
(asked on 30th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, and with whom, about the possibility of devolving immigration issues to the devolved administrations.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 15th July 2020
Immigration is, and will remain, a reserved matter.
This Government will introduce a points-based immigration system that works in the interests of the whole United Kingdom, including the devolved nations.
For a devolved immigration system to function, we would have to have internal borders between different parts of the United Kingdom. This would be wholly unacceptable