8. Debate on the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee Report: Changes to freedom of movement after Brexit — Implications for Wales

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:19 pm on 22 January 2020.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 5:19, 22 January 2020

We have used evidence to back up our challenges to the UK Government about the nature of their proposals, particularly the current proposal for a selective approach to future immigration based on skills and salary with the potential threshold of £30,000 that many Members have referred to. The report that we commissioned the Welsh Centre for Public Policy to undertake last year on the impact of migration in Wales after Brexit underlined the damage that a salary threshold would cause to Wales, and if the press speculation that Members have referred to on the dropping of the salary requirements are correct, the Welsh Government would welcome that development.