Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

What steps his Department is taking to support research and development in South Yorkshire as part of the Government’s levelling up agenda.

Tabled: 23 March 2022Answered: 29 March 2022

Asked by

Dan Jarvis

LabourBarnsley North

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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.