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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned changes to immigration rules on the economy.

Tabled: 2 June 2026Answered: 8 June 2026

Asked by

Christine Jardine

Liberal DemocratEdinburgh West

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Angela Rayner)

Beauty is always part of the proposals. The hon. Member, if he had read our proposals in the NPPF, would know that we have not removed all references to beauty; we have simply changed additional references made by the Conservatives that the Royal Institute of British Architects said could lead to development being turned down.