Robert Jenrick has hit out at soaring migration, pledging to introduce urgent measures to tackle the "abuse" of the visa system.

While he reiterated an old pledge to crack down on the number of student dependents coming to the UK, Jenrick did not announce any tangible new measures in his statement.

Responding to an urgent question from Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Jenrick said: that soaring migration "places untold pressure on housing, supply, public services and make successful integration virtually impossible".

He continued: "As the Prime Minister and Home Secretary have repeatedly made clear, this is far too high, and the Government remains committed to reducing levels of legal migration in line with the manifesto commitment.

"EverysingleConservativeMPstoodonit2019 and it is theexpresswishesoftheBritishpublic, astheyhavearticulatedateverysinglegeneralelectioninthelast30years.

"Earlierthisyear,wetookactiontotackleanunforeseenandsubstantialriseinthenumberofstudentsbringingdependentsintotheUKtoroughly150,000.

"ThismeansthatfromcoursesstartinginJanuary,studentsontaughtpostgraduatecourseswillnolongerhavetheabilitytobringdependents.Onlystudentsondesignatedpostgraduateresearchprogrammeswillbeabletobringthosedependents.Thiswillhaveatangibleeffectonnetmigration."