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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-12-07more like thismore than 2017-12-07
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 more like this
hansard heading Skilled Workers: Foreign Nationals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regional variations in the salary thresholds for tier two visas for skilled non-EU migrants. more like this
tabling member constituency Rutherglen and Hamilton West remove filter
tabling member printed
Ged Killen more like this
uin 118293 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-12more like thismore than 2017-12-12
answer text <p>The Government is committed to developing an immigration system that serves the national interest and are clear that applying different immigration rules to different parts of the UK would complicate the immigration system, harm its integrity, and cause difficulties for employers who need the flexibility to deploy their staff to other parts of the UK.</p><p>The Government commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake a comprehensive review of the Tier 2 route in June 2015.</p><p>The MAC concluded and has repeatedly recommended that we should not operate different salary thresholds for different regions and countries in the UK. More information about the MAC and its report on Tier 2 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-advisory-committee-mac-review-tier-2-migration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-advisory-committee-mac-review-tier-2-migration</a></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 2017-12-12T17:49:27.613Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-12T17:49:27.613Z
answering member
4009
label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis more like this
tabling member
4672
label Biography information for Ged Killen more like this