Building consensus on immigration policy
31 October 2017
The Home Affairs Committee in the last Parliament had embarked on a wide-ranging inquiry which was assessing whether it is possible to build greater consensus on immigration policy and if so what key principles that policy would need to satisfy.
- Watch Parliament TV: Immigration policy: principles for building consensus
- Inquiry: Immigration policy: principles for building consensus
- Home Affairs Committee
Purpose of the session
The Committee examines evidence from witnesses who have carried out research in this area on:
- Public opinion on current immigration policy
- What future immigration policy options are most likely to receive widespread public support
- Local impacts of immigration and options for mitigation
- Steps to improve trust in immigration data and policy
Witnesses
Tuesday 31 October 2017, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
At 2.30 pm
- Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future
- Jill Rutter, Director of Strategy and Relationships, British Future
- Dr Alan Renwick, Deputy Director, Constitution Unit, University College London
- Robert Ford, Professor of Political science, University of Manchester
Further information
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