Nicholas Soames and Frank Field said;

“This is a major speech that marks the key change in the debate on

immigration in the direction that the Cross Party Group campaigns for.

It accepts that a whole range of policies is needed if we are to meet

the crucial target of bringing immigration down to the low tens of

thousands. The Cross Party Group knows that this necessary goal cannot

be achieved without splitting the right to come here to work from

automatically gaining citizenship. Today the Prime Minister has put

this policy into place: it is a move the whole country will support.”

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Prime Minister's Speech