The right hon. Lady is making an excellent point. In fact, the Government should take this on board because we are told that one of the reasons for wanting to curb this is the cost to the public purse of maintaining people, but if they are allowed to work, we would not have to pay them to be in accommodation or pay them benefits. It is a win-win situation.
Illegal Migration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Yasmin Qureshi
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 April 2023.
It occurred during Speaker's statement
and
Debate on bills on Illegal Migration Bill.
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