New Clause 17 - Migration statistics
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
3:15 pm
Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
New clause 19—Work-related migration statistics—
'The Secretary of State shall each year publish information on—
(a) the extent to which he forecasts that in the ensuing five year period the labour force needs of the United Kingdom—
(i) can be met by persons with a right of abode or a right to work in the United Kingdom, or
(ii) will have to be met by the issue of work permits to other persons;
(b) the number of work permits—
(i) issued, and
(ii) taken up,
in the preceding year; and
(c) the number of persons holding work permits who remain in the United Kingdom.'.