Potential Immigration from Romania and Bulgaria

17 January 2013

In response to Migration Watch UK’s report released today on the scale of potential immigration from Romania and Bulgaria, Frank Field and Nicholas Soames, Co-chairs of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration said: “Migration Watch UK have produced an extraordinarily serious forecast which estimates that 50,000 immigrants a year, for the next five years, […]

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New Year Message on Immigration

2 January 2013

In a New Year message issued today, the co-chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP, said: “The public will be pleased that they can at last see results from the government’s immigration policies. A 25% fall in net migration in the year to last March is […]

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House of Commons debate on immigration

6 September 2012

Statement from The Rt Hon Frank Field MP and The Hon Nicholas Soames MP The Backbench Business Committee has now scheduled time on the 6th September 2012 for a debate on immigration to take place. This debate follows a petition on the government e-Petition website, lodged by Migration Watch, which called on the government to […]

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Immigration Statistics – Comment by Co-Chairs of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration

27 August 2012

Commenting on the release today by the ONS of data on migration, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP, said… Download the PDF for the full article.

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Statement on the 2011 Census

16 July 2012

he initial results from the 2011 census were released this morning. The population of England and Wales has risen by 3.7 million between 2001 and 2011. “This is a very significant moment. These latest figures bring home the impact of immigration on our population and on our society. We want to see further strong measures […]

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Home Secretary’s Announcement

29 February 2012

Commenting on the Home Secretary’s announcement that migrant workers will need to earn £35,000 to qualify for permanent settlement, Frank Field and Nicholas Soames said: “This is absolutely the right way to go. Companies must have the staff they need for growth and net migration must be brought down from its present absurdly high level. […]

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Two thirds of births in London are to a foreign born parent

21 February 2012

Today it was revealed, in response to a parliamentary question from the Rt. Hon. Nicholas Soames MP, Co-Chairman of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, that in 2010 two thirds of all births in London are to parents where one or both are foreign born. This rises to 84% in Newham and 81% in […]

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Response to the speech given by the Immigration Minister on the 2nd February

2 February 2012

Damian Green Speech In response to the speech given by Damian Green MP at Policy Exchange today, Frank Field and Nicholas Soames said: “This proposal to break the almost automatic link between coming here to work and getting settlement has to be the right way to go. It will allow British business to employ the […]

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Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration response to Prime Minister’s speech

14 April 2011

The Rt Hon Frank Field MP and The Hon Nicholas Soames MP said: “This is a major speech that marks the key change in the debate on immigration in the direction that the Cross Party Group campaigns for. It accepts that a whole range of policies is needed if we are to meet the crucial […]

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House of Commons Debate Immigration

18 November 2010

The 18th November 2010 represented an important day in the House of Commons: it was the first time in a generation that Immigration was debated on the floor of the House. The motion; “That this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government to act on the overwhelming public concern about the present scale of immigration by […]

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