Question follow-through · 84749
General Practitioners: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, on the adequacy of (a) the suppl
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, on the adequacy of (a) the suppl
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2025
Answer published
We are aware of the white paper and officials are considering the implications for the general practice workforce and for access to primary care services.Whilst we hugely value our international workforce and the skills and experience they bring, we are a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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