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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Kramer quizzes Hanson on Overseas Students (Visas)
July 25, 2009 8:44 PM
• [Jul 06] Susan Kramer (Richmond Park, Liberal Democrat): THE Minister will be aware that because of the system, a significant number of foreign students, particularly from countries such as the United States, have thrown in the towel in their attempts to come and join courses at UK universities.
A number of public universities in the UK will be in financial difficulty because their students will not be turning up from overseas in September, and the future looks exceedingly bleak. Will he please look into the matter and, for once, co-ordinate with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills? (HC Deb, 6 July 2009, c682)
David Hanson (Minister of State (Crime and Policing), Home Office; Delyn, Labour): Again, from our perspective the points system is meant to be simple, transparent, objective and robust. There is an online calculator where people can examine this. A phased introduction of the scheme is taking place. We have had a number of applications to date and the number of failures has been very small. I will certainly consider the points that the hon. Lady raises and pass them on to my hon. Friend the Minister for Borders and Immigration, but the purpose of the system is to make sure that we know who is coming in, that it is secure and that it provides robust and transparent operations.
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