I take issue with the right hon. Gentleman's statement that the Bill is a leap in the dark. We know that 5 million people of working age could work but do not. We know from December's labour market report by the Office for National Statistics that 1.2 million of the people who took the jobs that were created came from overseas. We need to get our 5 million countrymen who are out of work back into work. Surely that is the priority.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Charlie Elphicke
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 March 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
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