Controller Immigration
Action for controlled immigration
Early action to curb and control the flow of immigrants into the UK can be expected if the Conservatives win the May 5 general election, Michael Howard has promised.Making clear that he "won't hang around" after taking over in Downing Street, the Party Leader has unveiled an urgent action plan to get immigration back under control, backed by the commitment to set an annual limit on the number of foreigners allowed to settle in the country.Speaking at a campaign press conference in Cardiff, Mr Howard said: "If the British people elect me as Prime Minister next Thursday, I would know that they had sent me a clear message about their wish to control immigration.
I'm not going to hang around. I will be a Prime Minister that gets things done." And he explained that his priority tasks on taking office would be to:* Call in the heads of British business and tell them to start work immediately on assessing their particular needs for different kinds of workers from overseas. * Call in the head of the Government's immigration service and tell him to start work on putting together an effective points system in consultation with British business. * And call in the government officials in charge of border control so they knew what they had to do to introduce 24 hour surveillance at our ports." "
I would remind all these people what had just happened: that the British people had just voted for action on our clear and specific set of priorities - one of which is immigration," he said.Spelling out his initial timetable to implement the party's immigration policy, Mr Howard declared: "In our first month we will set out our programme of legislation to get immigration back under control. There will be an annual limit, set by Parliament, on the number of people that can settle in Britain."We will create a British Border Control Police Force so that there is one chief constable with one job - policing our country's borders. We will establish 24 hour security at Britain's ports to tackle illegal immigration.
We will introduce an Australian style points system for work permits so that we give priority to people with the skills Britain needs - people who want to work hard and make a contribution to our country. "And we will create a fairer, more humane asylum system by breaking the link between coming to Britain and claiming asylum - a link which keeps the inhumane trade in people smuggling alive."Mr Howard also signalled that he wants to change the election campaign agenda from the attacks on Tony Blair's integrity and the damning charge that the Prime Minister has lied over the Iraq war. "
The British people want to move on from the debate of the last few days. Character is an important issue for them, but now they want to hear about something better. And that's our approach too."The people of our country want to know how things will be done. We are telling them. We're telling them how. We're telling them why and how we are taking a stand."
Early action to curb and control the flow of immigrants into the UK can be expected if the Conservatives win the May 5 general election, Michael Howard has promised.Making clear that he "won't hang around" after taking over in Downing Street, the Party Leader has unveiled an urgent action plan to get immigration back under control, backed by the commitment to set an annual limit on the number of foreigners allowed to settle in the country.Speaking at a campaign press conference in Cardiff, Mr Howard said: "If the British people elect me as Prime Minister next Thursday, I would know that they had sent me a clear message about their wish to control immigration.
I'm not going to hang around. I will be a Prime Minister that gets things done." And he explained that his priority tasks on taking office would be to:* Call in the heads of British business and tell them to start work immediately on assessing their particular needs for different kinds of workers from overseas. * Call in the head of the Government's immigration service and tell him to start work on putting together an effective points system in consultation with British business. * And call in the government officials in charge of border control so they knew what they had to do to introduce 24 hour surveillance at our ports." "
I would remind all these people what had just happened: that the British people had just voted for action on our clear and specific set of priorities - one of which is immigration," he said.Spelling out his initial timetable to implement the party's immigration policy, Mr Howard declared: "In our first month we will set out our programme of legislation to get immigration back under control. There will be an annual limit, set by Parliament, on the number of people that can settle in Britain."We will create a British Border Control Police Force so that there is one chief constable with one job - policing our country's borders. We will establish 24 hour security at Britain's ports to tackle illegal immigration.
We will introduce an Australian style points system for work permits so that we give priority to people with the skills Britain needs - people who want to work hard and make a contribution to our country. "And we will create a fairer, more humane asylum system by breaking the link between coming to Britain and claiming asylum - a link which keeps the inhumane trade in people smuggling alive."Mr Howard also signalled that he wants to change the election campaign agenda from the attacks on Tony Blair's integrity and the damning charge that the Prime Minister has lied over the Iraq war. "
The British people want to move on from the debate of the last few days. Character is an important issue for them, but now they want to hear about something better. And that's our approach too."The people of our country want to know how things will be done. We are telling them. We're telling them how. We're telling them why and how we are taking a stand."
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