HC Deb 20 February 1978 vol 944 cc435-6W
Mr Tebbit

asked the Secretary of state for the Home Department if it is his policy to end immigration as it has been seen in the country in post-war years.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Large-scale primary immigration by breadwinners seeking employment has already ended. The majority of recent arrivals are secondary immigrants, the close dependants of those already here. Their numbers too are falling. The Government stand by their commitments to those remaining overseas who are entitled to come.