Why would reducing future numbers of immigrants to levels of numbers of the 1990's be such a problem?

Because being a nurse, or a doctor, or a teacher is no longer an attractive job so people no longer want to join those professions. People cannot be directed to careers and there are some they shun - like picking soft fruit in season.

Because we have an aging population who are making increasing demands on the health and caring industries.

Because we have been having smaller families for the last 50 plus years so there are not enough young people around to train in all these careers.

That is some reasons to start with

Why are we short of qualified staff?
So what happened to apprenticeship?Isnt our education system,at the least equal to any other country? Don't most kids get an education?Are we not on the way to becoming over populated?So explain to this simple one why we don't have qualified people.

It is also because we are desperately short of qualified staff in many industries including the health industry, agricultural and horticulture, to name but a few.

If we want people to come they will want to bring their families with them.

What do you think?