Parliamentary answer on Births to Foreign Born Parents in London in 2015

2 December 2016

A parliamentary answer delivered on 22 November 2016 to Sir Nicholas Soames’ question on the proportion of births in London to foreign born parents revealed that the percentage of births in London in 2015 where either one or both parents were foreign born was 69%. Almost half of all births in London in 2015 were […]

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Parliamentary answers on training places for medical and nursing students

7 April 2016

A parliamentary answer delivered by Health Minister Ben Gummer to Sir Nicholas Soames on 11th March shows that there was a cut in nurse training places up until 2013 which has now been reversed (see link). Another parliamentary answer, also delivered by Mr Gummer on 11th March, shows the number of medical trainees who entered or were projected to […]

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‘EU will be unable to cope with asylum crisis without significant legal and administrative changes’

10 February 2016

A review of the legal and policy framework is now essential if the EU is to cope with the huge number of migrants and asylum seekers flowing into Southern Europe. That is the conclusion of a report  issued today by Migration Watch UK.   Almost 1.3 million applications for asylum were lodged in the EU […]

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Comment on ONS population projections

29 October 2015

Commenting on today’s population forecast, Frank Field MP and Sir Nicholas Soames MP, co-chairmen of the Cross-Party Group on Balanced Migration, said: “The Office for National Statistics have set out in stark terms the consequences of not reducing immigration to the UK. They project that if net migration is 185,000 per annum our population will […]

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Press Statement from the Balanced Migration Group on the DCLG’s social housing release

16 December 2014

Figures released today  by the Department for Communities and Local Government show that 11% of tenants new to social housing are foreign nationals. This is a nationwide figure. and an increase on the previous year. Commenting on the statistics, Frank Field MP and Sir Nicholas Soames MP, Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, […]

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Frank Field discusses the immigration debate

5 December 2014

Co-Chair Frank Field discusses the immigration debate in The Telegraph here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11274871/Immigration-debate-will-get-very-nasty-labour-MP-warns.html​

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Frank Field discusses identity and immigration

Listen to Co-Chair Frank Field discuss identity and immigration on the Today Programme here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04t6t5t (starts 90 minutes into the programme)  

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Cross Party Group press statement on Prime Minister’s speech

2 December 2014

The Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration welcomes the renewed focus on EU migration contained in the Prime Minister’s speech. While we support the principle of free movement in the EU we face a situation in which net migration from the EU has doubled in two years. The public will rightly expect the government to take measures […]

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We need to jump on the chance presented to us to make our benefits system fairer

12 November 2014

By Frank Field MP The European court decision is great news. We must now show similar courage in this country. By doing so, voters will know our welfare state is there for people who have paid into the system, not those arriving looking for a free handout. Voters are fed up with the system which allows new […]

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Press Statement from the Balanced Migration Group on the demand for housing in London

15 October 2014

Commenting on findings published today by Migration Watch UK on housing in London, Frank Field MP and Sir Nicholas Soames MP, Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, said: ‘Just as the Scottish referendum has blown open the British constitution, so has this latest report on housing needs blown open the debate on […]

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