No, not at all, but the hon. Gentleman’s point is a bit of a red herring. He is right: 1.4 million UK citizens live in the other 27—26 plus one—EU states, several hundred thousand of whom live in Spain, as he points out. But I think he knows full well that my point is that the previous Labour Government, over 13 years, failed to recoup any funds, which, as he alluded to, they could have done and which this Government are doing. I hope he will support that policy.
Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania)
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Pritchard
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 April 2013.
It occurred during Backbench debate
and
e-petition debate on Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania).
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