Question follow-through · 16705

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a cap on annual net migration.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
2 Dec 2024
Answer
5 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a cap on annual net migration.

  2. 2 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Prime Minister has made clear the Government will not be introducing a cap on migration. Instead, the Government wants to see immigration come down significantly and we will take an evidence-based approach, linking migration policy to skills policy so...

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