Member

It is far better to have official sources of public data on migration published in bulk—which we have. We have Home Office statistics, and statistics from the Office for National Statistics. It is also far better to support organisations like the Migration Observatory, and other think-tanks, in properly scrutinising the data. That equips us in this House—and, more importantly, the public and the media—to analyse the immigration system. We can then see if policy interventions are having the desired effect.