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Migration Advisory Committee minutes, 17 February 2023

Updated 8 December 2023

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Migration Advisory Committee
2nd Floor, Peel Building NE
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Minutes of the 160th meeting of the Migration Advisory Committee

Friday 17 February 2023, 10am to 12:30pm

Hybrid conference

Attending

  • Professor Brian Bell
  • Professor Dina Kiwan
  • Professor Sergi Pardos-Prado
  • Madeleine Sumption
  • Professor Jo Swaffield
  • Matthew Leng
  • Toby Nutley
  • MAC Secretariat

Apologies

  • Della McVay

Agenda item 1 – Welcome and introductions

  1. Brian Bell opened the meeting and welcomed the attendees.

Agenda item 2 – Home Office, MAC Secretariat and MAC updates

2. Toby Nutley updated the committee on staffing changes within the secretariat, wishing those who were leaving well, he also provided an update on the limited progress for recruiting the next Chair and interim arrangements. Toby confirmed that the secretariat had successfully published the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) methodology review and accompanying dashboard and updated on ongoing projects within the secretariat.

Agenda item 3 – SOL update

3. Brian updated attendees on the SOL commission.

4. The secretariat updated the committee on the direction, timeframe and progress of the interim report for the SOL. The secretariat requested feedback on the proposed structure and content of the report; the committee were broadly positive and provided comments for the secretariat to work through.

Agenda item 4 – Seasonal workers inquiry

5. The secretariat updated the committee on potential research questions and requested feedback. The committee provided comments and were positive about pursuing this work.

Agenda item 5 – Geography evidence theme scoping paper

6. The secretariat proposed to committee their approach for research into improving geographical data and asked for feedback. The committee were broadly positive about the scope and suggested some additional areas to further explore at a relatively higher level.

Agenda item 6 – Job vacancy evidence theme update

7. The secretariat updated the committee on each of the 3 projects in scope and asked for feedback regarding prioritisation and pursing each project further. The committee were broadly positive about the scope and suggested some additional areas to further explore at a relatively higher level.

Agenda item 7 – Student analysis update

8. The secretariat presented analysis of student migration and asked the committee for feedback regarding areas for further exploration. The committee were broadly positive about the scope and suggested some additional areas to further explore at a relatively higher level. The committee also discussed scope for including this topic in the upcoming annual report.

Agenda item 8 – Nurses analysis update

9. The secretariat presented analysis of the changing picture of nurses in the UK workforce. The committee discussed scope for including this topic in the upcoming annual report.

Agenda item 9 – AOB

10. Brian thanked all members of the secretariat for their extra efforts to deliver current workstreams at pace, and finally thanked those who were leaving and wished them luck.

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