Select committee: Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 14
6th Report - Earned Settlement: Examining the Government’s proposed reforms
Published 13 Mar 2026
Addressed to Home Office
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
If the Government implements a 15-year qualifying period for adult social care workers, we recommend that it takes urgent action to support decent pay and conditions for this group. The Home Office should set out in response to this report the steps it will be taking to support migrant care workers. We have previously recommended that the Home Office explore flexible visa arrangements for workers placed on long routes to settlement, so they are not reliant on their employer for their immigration status. (Recommendation, Paragraph 57) 60
From: Home Affairs Committee, 6th Report - Earned Settlement: Examining the Government’s proposed reforms (HC 1409), 13 March 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 13 May 2026, 172 days ago.