Clause 1 - Variation of leave to enter or remain
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill
12:30 pm
Tony McNulty (Minister of State (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality), Home Office; Harrow East, Labour)
The smallest word in the hon. Gentleman's contribution was the most important—the word ''if''. He said, if the student experience in the UK is that they have to go through the whole series of appeal processes, and if they are being removed or refused and subsequently removed in large numbers. That is fantasy—it is not going to happen. We are seeking to streamline the system, for the reasons that I have outlined, and I do not think that it will impinge at all on the attractiveness of either the UK as a student destination or the quality of students' experience once they are here.