Migration Advisory Committee minutes, 14 February 2020
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124th meeting of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)
Friday 14th February 2020 11am to 1:30pm
Conference room 6, 2 Marsham Street, London
Attending:
- Professor Alan Manning
- Professor Jo Swaffield
- Professor Jackline Wahba
- Madeleine Sumption
- Professor Brian Bell
- Professor Jennifer Smith
- Paul Regan
- MAC Secretariat
Agenda item 1 - Welcome and introductions
1. 皇冠体育app chair opened the meeting and welcomed a new member of staff to the secretariat.
Agenda item 2 - Home Office, MAC Secretariat and MAC updates
2. Paul Regan updated the MAC on Home Office business.
3. Toby Nutley provided an update. 皇冠体育app MAC is starting a program of engagement with other departments and organisations, and Alan Manning and Madeleine Sumption are due to go to the HASC later this month. 皇冠体育appre is no update on a possible interim chair yet. 皇冠体育app committee discussed the potential difficulties of working and accepting commissions without a chair.
4. Alan Manning provided an update on MAC work, noting that the report 鈥淎 Points-Based System and Salary Thresholds for Immigration鈥� has now been published.
Agenda item 3 鈥� Annual report
5. Alan Manning and Toby Nutley introduced the agenda item. It is anticipated the annual report will cover a variety of topics and refer to other MAC reports, but the precise content and timing will need to be balanced against any future commissions.
Agenda item 4 鈥� Research and evaluation team plans
6. 皇冠体育app secretariat provided an update on research and evaluation plans. 皇冠体育appse include developing a longitudinal study that can be used for evaluation, as well as feeding into other analytical products. 皇冠体育app committee were invited to provide feedback on the research proposals.
7. 皇冠体育app committee agreed it would be helpful to discuss the proposals in further detail before going forward.
Agenda item 5 鈥� Economics and data team plans
8. 皇冠体育app secretariat provided an update on the economics and data team plans. Work is progressing on access ASHE data, and over the next few months they will be looking at the earning and occupation progression of migrants.
Agenda item 7 鈥� Policy and stakeholder team plans
9. 皇冠体育app secretariat presented the work plan for the policy and stakeholder team. 皇冠体育app team are looking to reintroduce stakeholder forums and sought the committee鈥檚 views on who else should be included in these.
Agenda item 8 鈥� Lessons learnt review
10. Alan Manning and Toby Nutley invited the committee to provide any reaction to the recently published 鈥淎 Points-Based System and Salary Thresholds for Immigration鈥� report. 皇冠体育app committee discussed the positive and negatives of the report writing process, as well as specifics of the report and its reception.
Agenda item 9 鈥� Any other business
11. 皇冠体育app committee and the secretariat thanked Alan for his contributions to the MAC.