Minimum income threshold for family migrants

[Arthur Little]

However, we believe matters of public policy, including the detail of how the minimum income threshold should operate, are for the Government and Parliament to determine, not the Courts.

Source:-
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si.../51-min-income

Yes ... the Government - with the backing of *Parliament (as a *COLLECTIVE body, i.e., consisting of ALL political parties).

Which begs the question, how DID Parliament vote overall? And was the Government's motion carried by a substantial majority?

Here's my theory, for what it's worth:

Correct me if I'm wrong ... but wasn't this whole of creating Minimum Income Levels a craftily pre-planned, vote~catching exercise by a clutch of ambitious Tory individuals - biding their time until their party had been in power long enough to push the Bill through Parliament - with (they hoped) as little resistance as possible?

! And the gamble clearly paid off ... ... simply because, Labour - along with its handwringing cohorts from each of the other political factions - lacked the backbone to mount any significant challenge.