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Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill

We need consider how many people have settled in the UK from within the European Union. It is important to distinguish between people working legally and illegally. Illegal working can be a cause of concern about bad treatment, when people are treated badly simply because they are working illegally. I realise that people should not be working here illegally, which is one side of the coin, but on the other side, several millions of people have come to the UK over the past 10 years and they have the right to work and reside here. For some, their knowledge of the English language will not be brilliant and knowledge of their working rights given by successive Governments will not be brilliant either.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c690-1 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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