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registered interest false more like this
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Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office remove filter
hansard heading Visas: Sponsorship remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of allowing businesses and their representative bodies who obtain licensed sponsor status the ability to issue directly certificates of sponsorship for workers. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow South more like this
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Stewart Malcolm McDonald more like this
uin 6654 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-09-11more like thismore than 2017-09-11
answer text <p>Businesses who are licensed sponsors may already directly assign certificates of sponsorship to workers. The exception is where the Tier 2 (General) annual limit applies, in which cases employers must request certificates under a monthly allocation. This ensures that places go to workers with the skills most in need and who will make the greatest economic contributions.</p><p>The entity sponsoring the worker needs to be sufficiently aware of their activities – that means the employer, rather than a representative body, is best suited to be the sponsor.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Great Yarmouth more like this
answering member printed Brandon Lewis more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-09-11T13:25:59.357Zmore like thismore than 2017-09-11T13:25:59.357Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis more like this
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label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald more like this