Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:45 pm on 18 June 2018.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The Minister of State, Home Department, Minister for Equalities (Department for International Development)
2:45,
18 June 2018
I thank the noble Baroness for that question. In and of itself, the fact that doctors and nurses have been taken out of the cap will improve the bureaucratic processes and help decisions to be made more quickly. As to those doctors and nurses who are not in the occupation shortage list, the sponsor still has to go through the resident labour market test. I expect this to go more smoothly and to free up the numbers within the cap for other occupations.