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Immigration Controls

Asked by Wendy MortonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 July 2025UIN 66172

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory cap on levels of migration.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Home Office’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, sets out proposals for reform in a wide range of areas across the immigration and asylum system, including a cap on the amount of lower skilled migration into the UK.

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