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I thank the Justice Committee for its scrutiny of the bill to date, and I thank the stakeholders who have contributed to developing this important bill.
The UK Government proposes a process that will extend, in terms of the MAC, long beyond the date at which legislation on immigration will be brought in by the UK Government.
Good will is at the heart of any process in which parties work together, and I have to say that I have had a very positive working relationship with Mr Russell to date. I know Mr Russell well of old, and he has acted in a constructive manner to date.
The Office for National Statistics estimates that net migration to the UK was 745,000 in 2022. That is up from 184,000 in 2019, which was before the pandemic.
Table 2: Last Meetings of Early Learning and Childcare Groups Group Date of last meeting: ELC Leaders Forum 31-05-2018 ELC Finance Working Group 13-06-2018 ADES Early Years Network 08-06-2018 S5W-17126
We should not be going through that in 2022, 2023, 2024 or going forward. We can tackle rural loneliness with better public transport and better ways in which people can get around.
Data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has shown that fewer people from disadvantaged backgrounds had applications accepted in 2023 than in 2022. Ten years of successive real-terms cuts have taken a toll on the sector.