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It is actually a good thing if NHS trusts are finding that the cost of the immigration skills charge is a problem. If they complain, we should tell them that the charge is an incentive to spend some resources on training the domestic workforce—either bringing new people into the workforce or upskilling people who already work there. It seems to me that having the immigration skills charge in place is a good thing. I am not entirely certain, and I cannot see from the Explanatory Note or the amendment, why on earth we would want to exempt the NHS.