Oral Question·Scotland Office
“What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the Scottish economy.”
Tabled: 29 October 2019Answered: 6 November 2019
Asked by
Bambos Charalambous
Labour — Southgate and Wood Green
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Scotland
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mike Tapp)
Under the previous Government, we saw 2.5 million people arrive in just four years—that is one in 30 people in the country at this time. This Government have brought migration down by 82% since its peak and by 41% in the past year.