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Will Durrant

Holyrood immigration power could help with ‘offsetting’ Brexit damage, claims MP

An SNP MP has called on the Commons to devolve some immigration powers to Holyrood (Steve Parsons/PA) - (PA Archive)

Devolving immigration powers to Holyrood is “a way of offsetting some of the damage that’s been done by a hostile environment, by Brexit”, an SNP MP has claimed.

Introducing his Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill, Stephen Gethins told the Commons that migration had “driven our policies and our economic growth for centuries”.

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