§ Mr. John Browneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the number of Vietnamese refugees correctly allowed into the United Kingdom on humanitarian grounds will count towards the total quota of immigrants for the current year.
§ Mr. WhitelawI intend to maintain the strictest control on immigration to this country for settlement and will announce measures to strengthen that control in due course. This policy will be pursued irrespective of any concessions made on humanitarian grounds in favour of refugees. There is at present no quota system for immigrants.