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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-21more like thismore than 2023-02-21
answering body
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: Pay more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of relaxing the salary requirements for visa applicants. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Selly Oak more like this
tabling member printed
Steve McCabe more like this
uin 149393 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-02-27more like thismore than 2023-02-27
answer text <p>A key principle of the immigration system is that sponsors of Skilled Workers must be offering pay at least at the going rate before seeking to sponsor workers from overseas. The salary requirements of the Skilled Worker immigration route have been devised so that migrant workers are not used to undercut resident workers and to ensure migrant workers are not abused.</p><p>Our immigration should not be seen as an alternative for employers to avoid improving pay and conditions for its workforce or investing in technology.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Newark more like this
answering member printed Robert Jenrick more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-02-27T13:21:05.727Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-27T13:21:05.727Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Robert Jenrick more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Steve McCabe more like this