system, that the UK government is in control of so yes we will bring overall

numbers down by reducing the number of people with low skills coming to

The United Kingdom, but also by ending freedom of movement through our exit

from the European Union. We cannot simply just rely on low-skill low-wage low-cost

labour coming in from the EU which we have become dependent upon through our

membership of the European Union and through free movement of labour.

Our approach to the points based system is for the brightest and the best, it's for

the high skills that we do need, to be a highly productive highly efficient and

highly dynamic economy this is a UK wide system that we are announcing and

proposing today and that is why we will be applying our points based system to

the whole of the United Kingdom and obviously Scotland will equally benefit

from having the brightest and the best coming to their businesses, their

University some of their high skill sectors and that is something that will

benefit the Scottish economy the whole of the United Kingdom economy,

and obviously Scotland too