The Committee held an evidence session on 20 July 2010 as part of its inquiry into the Immigration Cap.
Oral Evidence Session
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Wilson Room, Portcullis House, House of Commons
At 11.00 am
Dr Adam Marshall, British Chamber of Commerce
David Ramsden, Federation of Small Businesses
At approximately 11.30 am
Damian Green MP, Minister for Immigration
At approximately 12.15 pm
Lin Homer, Chief Executive, UK Border Agency
Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Committee, said:
“The Home Secretary has already implemented a temporary cap on non-EU economic migration and announced plans for a permanent cap from April 2011. The Committee looks forward to discussing with the Immigration Minister the detail of how both caps might work, the numbers involved and how they could be administered. We also wish to explore the impact a cap will have on British business and the economy.”
“We will also question the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency on what progress has been made in processing historic asylum claims. Our predecessor Committee reported in December that case handling had become “chaotic”, and the subsequent report from the Independent Chief Inspector of UKBA concluded that the deadline for processing the backlog was unlikely to be met.”