HC Deb 30 November 1973 vol 865 c234W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why applications by overseas medical students to practise in the United Kingdom as doctors are granted by his Department.

Mr. Lane

The Immigration Rules (HC 79 and 81) provide for the admission without work permits of doctors coming to take up professional appointments, and it is consistent with this that, in the normal course, an overseas student who qualifies as a doctor in the United Kingdom is allowed to stay here in practice or employment.