Formal Minutes
Tuesday 25 October 2010
Members present:
Rt Hon Keith Vaz, in the Chair
| Nicola Blackwood
Mr Aidan Burley
Lorraine Fullbrook
Dr Julian Huppert
Steve McCabe
| | Rt Hon Alun Michael
Bridget Phillipson
Mark Reckless
Mr David Winnick
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Draft Report (Immigration Cap), proposed by the Chair,
brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 27 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 28 read, as follows:
It is somewhat puzzling that the Government has chosen
as the measure of its success the reduction of overall immigration
to the UK almost half of which it has no control over whatsoever.
The unpredictability of EEA migration is highlighted by the decision,
which emerged during our inquiry, of the Bulgarian, Romanian and
Hungarian Governments to issue passports to 180,000 nationals
of several non-EEA countries, with possibly hundreds of thousands
more eligible.
Amendment proposed, to leave out the paragraph.—(Mark
Reckless)
Question, That the Amendment be made, put and negative.
Another Amendment proposed, to leave out lines 1
to 6 and insert:
As the Government pursues its aim to reduce overall
immigration to the UK, it is important that it does not underestimate
the impact of immigration routes which it cannot control. We urge
the Government not to treat the routes it can control too stringently
in order to compensate for the routes
it cannot control. —(Nicola Blackwood)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided
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Ayes, 8
Nicola Blackwood
Mr Aidan Burley
Lorraine Fullbrook
Dr Julian Huppert
Steve McCabe
Rt Hon Alun Michael
Bridget Phillipson
Mr David Winnick
| | Noes, 1
Mark Reckless
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Paragraphs 29 to 110 read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the First Report
of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair
make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
Written evidence was ordered to be reported to the
House for printing with the Report.
Written evidence was ordered to be reported to the
House for placing in the Library and Parliamentary Archives.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 October at 10.30 am
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