Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Priti Patel and Edward Leigh

Tuesday 4th November 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

It is time to hear from a Lincolnshire knight—Sir Edward Leigh.

[Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con)]

If someone comes here to work from the European Union, and if they are in a relatively low-paid job and receive tax credits as a form of benefit, they might effectively be paying no tax at all. Will the Government tell the European Commission that we should have a new system by which people have to pay tax for at least three years before drawing any tax credits or benefits?

[Priti Patel]

We have already made changes to that whole area, and that is something we will look at further.