National Insurance Numbers and Illegal Immigrants
Opposition Day — [6th allotted day]
House of Commons debates, 16 January 2008, 2:08 pm
Caroline Flint (Minister of State (Employment and Welfare Reform; Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber), Department for Work and Pensions; Don Valley, Labour)
On the point raised by Mr. Jackson, it is clear this afternoon that Mr. Hands and his colleagues do not support issuing identity cards to foreign nationals and have not supported our plans on biometric visas. Given the previous point made, they clearly do not support the measures that we are taking to count people in and out. I understand that the Conservative party is in favour of a cap. Can the hon. Gentleman say what that cap is?