US EditionImmigration no ‘quick-fix’ for aging population, says Bowie
- MPs debated devolving immigration powers for Scotland during a recent Commons session.
- The debate stemmed from concerns about Scotland's aging population needing more working-age people.
- Shadow Scottish secretary Andrew Bowie opposed immigration as a quick fix for population decline.
- Mr. Bowie told the Commons: "High immigration... Is a pyramid scheme response."
- The debate concluded without a vote, adjourning discussion until July 11.
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Immigration no ‘quick-fix’ for aging population, says Bowie - Jersey Evening Post
Immigration is no “quick-fix” for slower population growth, a senior Conservative has warned as he opposed an SNP bid to devolve immigration powers to Holyrood. Shadow Scottish secretary Andrew Bowie described high immigration north of the border as a “pyramid scheme response” to an aging population, as working-age migrants become old themselves “and perpetuate the same crisis again and again”. National Records of Scotland figures forecast that …
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