Student Visitor Visas

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 15 July 2013.

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Photo of Greg Mulholland Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrat, Leeds North West 2:30, 15 July 2013

We must of course ensure that our visa system is fit for purpose, but will the Minister acknowledge the importance of non-EU students not only to the national economy but to local economies? There are 33,000 in Yorkshire and the Humber and 5,795 at Leeds university alone, and they make a huge contribution to the local area.