Lord Bilimoria asks the Minister if he agrees that UK universities are the best in the world and states that this is due to the large number of foreigners who are academics in these institutions.

Immigration 

01 March 2017

Question asked by Lord Green:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the change in the total number of households in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2014 is attributed to households with a non-United Kingdom born household reference person.

Lord Bilimoria:

My Lords, does the Minister agree that our universities are—along with those in the United States of America—the best in the world? This is greatly because of the foreigners who make up almost one-third of our academics. According to a recent report, almost 50% of academics in some subjects are from abroad. Without them we would not have excellence. It does not matter that they were foreign born: they are of benefit to this country.

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