Immigration inquiry

Witnesses Dr Alasdair Allan MSP, Minister for International Development and Europe, and Ruth Steele, Head of Migration Strategy, Scottish Government; Lorraine Cook, Policy Manager, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, and Dr Donald Macaskill, Chief Executive, Scottish Care (at 11.30am).

Witnesses Dave Hodgson, Mayor of Bedford, and Philip Simpkins, Chief Executive, Bedford Borough Council; Sarah Boparan, Recruitment and Key Account Manager, HOPS Labour Solutions, Andy Coaten, Managing Director, Butters Group Limited, Beverly Dixon, HR Director, G’s Group, and Chris Newenham, Joint Managing Director, Wilkin & Sons Ltd (at 3.00pm).

Witnesses Lord Green of Deddington, Chair, Migration Watch UK, and Phoebe Griffith, Associate Director for Migration, Integration and Communities, Institute for Public Policy Research; Professor Alan Manning, Chair, Migration Advisory Committee, and Madeleine Sumption, Director, Migration Observatory (at 3.00pm).