Select Committee · Home Affairs Committee

Legal Migration

Status: Closed Opened: 7 May 2024 Closed: 24 May 2024

Inquiry scope

Following the announcement that a General Election will be held on 4 July, Select Committees will be unable to meet from 24 May and will cease to exist from 30 May until after the General Election. This work has therefore closed Following the Government's announcement of a five-point plan to reduce net migration in December 2023 , the Home Affairs Committee holds two sessions to examine these changes and their impacts.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
15 May 2024	Caroline Coombs · Reunite Families UK, Dr Madeleine Sumption · Migration Observatory, Jonathan Thomas · Social Market Foundation, Kate Roberts · Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), Mr Marley Morris · Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Professor Brian Bell · Migration Advisory Committee	View ↗

Who gave evidence

6 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Caroline Coombs · Executive Director	Reunite Families UK	1
Dr Madeleine Sumption · Director	Migration Observatory	1
Jonathan Thomas · Senior Fellow, Migration Researcher	Social Market Foundation	1
Kate Roberts · Head of Policy	Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX)	1
Mr Marley Morris · Associate Director for Migration, Trade and Communities	Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)	1
Professor Brian Bell · Chair	Migration Advisory Committee	1

Correspondence

1 letter

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Published	Direction	Letter
24 May 2024	To committee	Letter from the Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border regarding net migration estimates, dated 23 May 2024