Debate
BRITAIN NEEDS MORE IMMIGRANTS
22nd January 2004

Speaking FOR the motion:
Dr Heaven Crawley,
Associate Director (Migration & Equalities) at IPPR, one of Britain's leading progressive think tanks.

Barbara Roche MP,
Labour MP for Hornsey and Wood Green. Former Minister of State in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (until June 2003), where her ministerial responsibilities included Social Exclusion, Regional Co-ordination, Neighbourhood Renewal, Homelessness, Women and Equalities. Former Home Office Minister with responsibilities for Immigration, Asylum and European Policy.

Speaking AGAINST the motion:
Sir Andrew Green,
Chairman and founder of Migration Watch UK, an independent think-tank which seeks to provide comprehensible information and to encourage open debate on asylum and immigration. Former British Ambassador in Syria and Saudi Arabia.

Professor Robert Rowthorn,
A Fellow of Kings College, Professor of Economics and until recently Chair of the Faculty of Economics and Politics at Cambridge University. He is the author of several books and many academic articles on economic growth, unemployment, globalisation and related issues.

Chaired by:
Philip Collins,
Director of the Social Market Foundation. His main research interests are in the fields of education and race and nationhood and his first novel, "The Men From The Boys" was published in January 2002.

Venue: The Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 (entrance to the debate is on Exhibition Road)
Time: Doors open at 6.00pm. Debate starts at 6.45pm and finishes at 8.30pm.
Tickets: £20 per ticket
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