Might not sectoral regulation target labour shortages more effectively?
Mr Flynn: I think the difficulty with sectoral regulations within the sheer overwhelming complexity of the European Union is that there is no end to the sectors that have to be considered and, not only that, the way in which sectors function in different ways in different countries. For example, there is the question of the health care sector, which in the UK clearly acts as a strong, attracting force or a strong pull factor for migrant workers. But this may not be the case in other countries. In those circumstances, we think it is very difficult to imagine that people working in Brussels, or whichever city they base themselves, are going to be able to review the sectoral demands for migration right across the European Union and prescribe what admission policies might be and the differential range of rights that might apply to doctors as opposed to carpenters and central heating engineers, or whatever. For that reason our view is that we should back away and we should advise that the E
