London chamber chief for easy immigration norms

The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry is “lobbying hard” to ease immigration norms which would permit Indian businesses to set up ventures in the United Kingdom.

“There was a degree of abuse in the past, and the U.K. put a cap on the immigration numbers. But the restrictions should not be a blunt instrument to stop immigration,” Chamber Chairman Subhash V. Takrar said.

He was, however, hopeful of seeing some improvement. Mr. Takrar, who was here as part of the 22-member U.K. Trade Mission, sounded optimistic when replying to queries in this regard at an interactive session organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry on Tuesday.