Tier 4 Visa Requirements

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 27 June 2011.

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Photo of Julian Huppert Julian Huppert Liberal Democrat, Cambridge 2:30, 27 June 2011

I thank the Minister for his clear response. He refers to a cost of £2.4 billion. The best case scenario is a cost of £1 billion, and the worst case £3.5 billion, for a problem that the Home Affairs Committee struggled to find anybody, other than the Minister, to say was a really serious problem; even Migrationwatch UK was not that bothered. Given that we do not want to lose £2.5 billion from the economy, will he rethink these proposals?