Select committee: Home Affairs Committee
2nd Report - Immigration policy: basis for building consensus
HC 500
Published 15 January 2018
Home Affairs Committee Immigration policy: principles for building consensus inquiry Report on parliament.uk ↗
At a glanceGovernment response published 18 April 2018
The government's response
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.
The Government agrees that public confidence in the immigration system is important but maintains its net migration target, saying it "remain[s] committed to reducing net migration to sustainable levels, in the tens of thousands".
- On an Annual Migration Report, the Government agrees it "could have benefits" but will only "give further consideration" once longer term post-EU-exit arrangements "have been put in place".
- It does not accept that all migration should lead to a right to settle, and says it will continue a differentiated approach while keeping the rules under review.
- On students, it says there is "no cap or limit" on international students "nor any intention to impose one". It says refugees staying over 12 months are rightly included in the net migration count.
- On the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the Government says it has asked the MAC to report by September 2018 on EU and EEA migration and its role in the wider economy and society.
What the committee recommended
No recommendations or conclusions have been extracted from this report. This is normal for correspondence and for special reports.
Sources
- 2nd Report - Immigration policy: basis for building consensus ↗The committee's report, HC 500, parliament.uk
- 5th Special Report - Immigration policy: basis for building consensus: Government and Office for National Statistics Responses to the Committee’s Second Report ↗The government's response, 18 April 2018, parliament.uk