HC Deb 26 October 1967 vol 751 cc520-1W
Sir C. Osborne

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that during the month of July, 1967, the number of Commonwealth citizens admitted into the United Kingdom, under the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, included 5,717 from India, 4,358 from Pakistan, and 1,623 from Jamaica, and included 2,694, 2,278 and 440 men, respectively, how he proposes to implement the Government's policy of keeping immigration down to 7,500 per annum.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

The limit of 7,500 applies to the number of employment voucher holders who may come here in a year from the Commonwealth (excluding Malta). As the hon. Member is well aware, his figures include business men, students and other visitors admitted temporarily, as well as residents, and take no account of departures during the same period.