Question follow-through · 104407
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper published in May 2025, which stated at paragraph 176 that the Government would explore making it easier for workers to move between licensed sponsors for
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- NHS and Social Services: Migrant Workers · 27 Jan 2026
- Immigration: Impact Assessments · 27 Jan 2026
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- Social Workers: Migrant Workers · 12 Feb 2026
- Passports: Dual Nationality · 23 Feb 2026
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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
8 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper published in May 2025, which stated at paragraph 176 that the Government would explore making it easier for workers to move between licensed sponsors for
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jan 2026
Answer published
As set out in the Immigration White Paper, we are continuing to explore a range of policy options and their feasibility. Further details will follow in due course as necessary and appropriate. The current measures to tackle sponsors who are found to be no...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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