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Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania)

Debate between Peter Bone and Andrew Bridgen
Thursday 19th December 2013

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Peter Bone Portrait Mr Bone
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I am grateful for that intervention. No one in this Chamber is prouder than me of what this Government are doing to lower unemployment, and of the great efforts that the Prime Minister is making, but my hon. Friend is completely wrong on the second bit of the argument. We should not be paying jobseeker’s allowance to people who have the opportunity to work, but do not want to work. That is how those jobs will be filled—not by bringing people in from central Europe. Gosh, I got quite cross about that.

Andrew Bridgen Portrait Andrew Bridgen
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Does my hon. Friend agree that this Government’s policy of raising personal allowances in order to incentivise our indigenous population to take lower-paid jobs and to find work provides a further incentive for immigrants to come to our country?