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[email protected] and click here to be added to the mailing list. Immigration and Asylum UK Parliament, House of Commons Oral Answers Immigration John Hayes (Conservative): [Will the Minister’s] Department introduce a cap on the number of immigrants permitted to enter the UK each year. [903004] Reply from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Chris Philp): … On 1 January, for the first time in decades, the United Kingdom will have full democratic control over our immigration system, giving us power to determine who comes here and for how long.