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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 1 November 2010.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May Minister for Women and Equalities, The Secretary of State for the Home Department 2:30, 1 November 2010

I thank my hon. Friend for raising the important issue of the impact of immigration on businesses. As we consider how to introduce the immigration cap, we will take on board comments made by business and its requirements in relation to the operation of the system. However, one thing that we have found recently is that nearly one third of those who arrived via the tier 1 route-the brightest and the best highly skilled migrants-did not take on highly skilled jobs. That is something to which we should pay attention.