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Immigration

Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 11 December 2013, in the House of Commons, led by Andrew Turner. The answering member was Mark Harper.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
572 cc73-96WH 
Session
2013-14
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Andrew Turner | 572 c73WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth.

I asked for the debate today...

Julian Huppert | 572 c73WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman lists the downsides of immigration. Does he accept that there are also huge be...


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Andrew Turner | 572 cc73-5WH (Link to this contribution)

If the hon. Gentleman listens a moment or two longer, he will find that I come to those points.

Lord Hanson of Flint | 572 c75WH (Link to this contribution)

How many British citizens live and work in Europe at the moment, and how many of them would be af...

Andrew Turner | 572 c75WH (Link to this contribution)

I do not know the figure, but it is certainly substantial.

Lord Hanson of Flint | 572 c75WH (Link to this contribution)

What would happen to those individuals if the policy that the hon. Gentleman suggests—of immigran...

Andrew Turner | 572 c75WH (Link to this contribution)

That is entirely up to the Governments of those countries. I feel that they should have the right...

Philip Hollobone | 572 c75WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, which I am following closely and enjoying immensely...

Andrew Turner | 572 c75WH (Link to this contribution)

I did not know about that, but I certainly believe it.

Figures published just last week sho...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 572 c76WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this timely debate. Has he received or been able to...

Andrew Turner | 572 c76WH (Link to this contribution)

I have not seen any information from the Government. I do not blame them, because they cannot gue...

George Howarth | 572 c76WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. It should be possible for everybody who hopes to speak to do so. That does rely, however, ...

Paul Blomfield | 572 cc76-9WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to contribute to this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I am pleased t...

Mark Harper | 572 c79WH (Link to this contribution)

To be clear, it is worse than the hon. Gentleman suggests. The chief executive of Domino’s Pizza ...

Paul Blomfield | 572 c79WH (Link to this contribution)

I agree entirely with the Minister on that point. We should ensure that multinationals pay wages ...

Philip Hollobone | 572 cc79-81WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth, and to follow such an excellent in...

Julian Huppert | 572 cc81-3WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone), whom I thought made an e...

Brooks Newmark | 572 c83WH (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to be here on what I believe is the first occasion I have spoken on immigration. W...

Brooks Newmark | 572 cc84-5WH (Link to this contribution)

—to Indians and Pakistanis in the 1900s, to north Africans and others in the past decade. Indeed,...

George Howarth | 572 c85WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. Two more Members want to take part in the debate, and I intend to call the Front Benchers ...

Martin Vickers | 572 cc85-6WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure, Mr Howarth, to serve under your chairmanship again. I congratulate my hon. Frie...

Gerald Howarth | 572 cc86-7WH (Link to this contribution)

As your namesake, Mr Howarth, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I am grateful to...

Gregory Campbell | 572 c87WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that what adds to the frustration of the people of the United Kingd...

Gerald Howarth | 572 cc87-90WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; that point has been made by my hon. Friend the Member for...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 572 cc90-1WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I congratulate the hon. Member for...

Andrew Turner | 572 c91WH (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman is making some fair points. The question that he has not yet answered—he...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 572 cc91-2WH (Link to this contribution)

I am a believer in a wider Europe, and I do not think we should retrench into the position that t...

Mark Harper | 572 cc92-5WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Howarth, and it is a rar...

Gerald Howarth | 572 c93WH (Link to this contribution)

I salute the Minister for what he is doing. My point is not so much that further measures, which ...

Mark Harper | 572 cc93-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend. We will certainly give ourselves the powers to take action. Since we...

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