Extract from Commons debate on Migration and Scotland - Feb 11
Wednesday, 12 February 2020 08:23
Peter Grant (Glenrothes) (SNP): May I take the Minister back to his
enthusiasm for the work of the Migration Advisory Committee?
According to the committee’s own website, its six good citizens
consist of two from the London School of Economics, one from the
University of York, one from the University of Warwick in Coventry,
one from the University of Oxford and one from the University of
Southampton. According to the biographical information on the MAC
website, none of them have declared...Request free trial
(Glenrothes) (SNP): May I take
the Minister back to his enthusiasm for the work of the Migration
Advisory Committee? According to the committee’s own website, its
six good citizens consist of two from the London School of
Economics, one from the University of York, one from the
University of Warwick in Coventry, one from the
University of Oxford and one from the University of Southampton.
According to the biographical information on the MAC website, none
of them have declared any previous experience working in Scotland
or, as far as I know, in Wales or Northern Ireland, either.
Although I welcome the Government’s new-found enthusiasm for the
virtues of elite academic experts, as these people no doubt are, if
the Minister wants an immigration system that works for the whole
UK, surely that system should be looked at and analysed by people
with experience of working in all parts of the UK...
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