Written Question·Home Office·UIN 40501

Immigration Controls

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 26 March 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory cap on levels of migration.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
This Government recognises and values the contribution that legal migration makes to the UK.But under the previous Government, between 2019 and 2024, net migration almost quadrupled, heavily driven by a big increase in overseas recruitment.A properly cont...
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