Oral Question·Home Office
“What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory annual cap on levels of legal immigration.”
Tabled: 11 November 2025Answered: 17 November 2025
Asked by
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mike Tapp)
An arbitrary limit on legal migration would serve no one. As we have seen in the past, attempts to implement such caps have been unsuccessful. I remind the hon. Member of the 1 million in one year under the previous Government, undercutting British workers. Instead, this Government have set out a plan to reduce net migration by restoring control to the immigration system, reducing our reliance on overseas labour, and investing in domestic skills.