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Immigration Bill

Proceeding contribution from Mims Davies (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 December 2015. It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.

I want to go back to our thoughtful discussions in Committee, in which the issues were well debated. I agree with my hon. Friends the Member for Castle Point (Rebecca Harris), for Norwich North (Chloe Smith) and for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), who said that immigration was the No. 1 issue on the doorstep. In Eastleigh post the by-election—we were third, before moving into second place and then absolutely came first—we had to reflect that fact in our deliberations. It was disingenuous to hear about one lawyer who represented a freedom of movement blog. Immigration was the No. 1 issue, and the caseload left us by the Labour party—

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
603 c190 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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