Before my hon. Friend moves on, many countries have a cap per se on immigration. In Australia, Parliament debates an annual cap; when David Cameron and George Osborne were running the Conservative party and my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) was Home Secretary, we said that that number should be counted in the tens of thousands. Perhaps that is what we should go back to.
Illegal Migration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Hayes
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 March 2023.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Illegal Migration Bill.
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