Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill

The noble Baroness puts huge weight on the points system, which she thinks will be easier to operate. However, someone who thinks that it is wrong to study English in Northern Ireland will not be able to operate a points system. It is extraordinary that such a person should have such a job—and that is not an isolated example. The independent monitor listed many outrageous examples of mistakes. A points system will have traps, because it tries to standardise decisions. No two cases will be identical. People will have to be matched to the points system and that will require a great deal of mental dexterity on the part of the person making the decision. So the Government must not just comfort themselves by saying that if such people are trained to operate a points system everything will be all right. It will be a difficult job, because so much depends on it and there will be such a variety of decisions to make. I may have misunderstood, but I worry about this.