Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 14 December 2009.
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the system for processing student visa applications.
I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the answer that I gave several moments ago.
I am not sure that the Minister fully answered the earlier question, watching as I was on the screen in my office, about referees being confirmed as British and suitable for purpose. Will he now answer that question?
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for asking the same question as Mr. Evennett. When the right hon. Gentleman gets to his office tomorrow, he can read the reply in Hansard. The serious point, of course, is that there are different strategies for checking on the eligibility and suitability of those people. This question has been raised by hon. Members on both sides of the House, and that is why we have re-examined the system to ensure that it is robust.