Five committees urge Cameron to rethink student visas

The heads of five committees of MPs and peers have written to the Prime Minister urging him to remove international students from net migration targets.

The letter was signed by the chairmen and chairwomen of the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee; the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee; the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee; the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee and the House of Lords European Union sub-committee.