Migration Advisory Committee minutes, 13 March 2020
Published 28 July 2021
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125th meeting of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)
Friday 13th March 2020 11am to 1:30pm
Conference room 2, 2 Marsham Street, London
Attending:
- 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. Toby Nutley opened the meeting and welcomed a new member of staff to the secretariat.
Agenda item 2 - Home Office, MAC Secretariat and MAC updates
2. Toby Nutley provided an update on business within the secretariat. The team are currently reviewing business continuity plans due to COVID-19 and are exploring other options for holding stakeholder engagement events. Business continuity plans are to be circulated to committee members in the upcoming week. An update was provided on current recruitment activities in the team. The process for appointing a new chair is ongoing.
3. Paul Regan provided an update on Home Office business. The government published a policy statement on the points-based system in February. The Home Office have commenced engagement with stakeholders across the economy and are also considering alternative options for engagement and are reviewing work and business continuity plans.
Agenda item 3 - Annual report
4. Toby Nutley introduced the agenda item and outlined the proposals for the content of the annual report. The discussion was opened to the committee for their thoughts.
Agenda item 4 - Current Shortage Occupation List (SOL) methodology and medium skilled occupations
5. The secretariat provided an overview of the current SOL methodology such as the indicators used and general approach.
Agenda item 5 - Options for SOL commission and research
6. The secretariat outlined possible research ideas for a future SOL commission and opened this for discussion with the committee members.
Agenda item 7 - Call for Evidence
7. A draft questionnaire for the Call for Evidence process was presented by the secretariat to be discussed with the committee.
Agenda item 8 - Stakeholder engagement for SOL
8. The secretariat discussed plans around stakeholder engagement and alternative/remote methods of engagement. Details of engagement activities to be circulated to committee members in due to course.
Agenda item 9 - Any other business
9. No other business was discussed.