Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sheryll Murray and Damian Green

Monday 28th October 2013 Commons Chamber

[Damian Green]

My hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for the local interests of his constituents, as he should be, and we hear all the recommendations he makes to us. His county is lucky to have a particularly good police and crime commissioner, who will, I know, bear down hard on crimes of violence.

[Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall) (Con)]

7. What steps she is taking to curb metal theft.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sheryll Murray and Damian Green

Monday 6th December 2010 Commons Chamber

[Sheryll Murray]

How many migrant workers are from within the EU and how many are from elsewhere?

[Damian Green]

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for asking that question, because it enables me to puncture one of the great urban myths in the immigration debate, which is that most immigration comes from within the European Union. The net migration figures—which we will get down to the tens of thousands by the end of this Parliament—show that the vast bulk of immigrants come from outside the European Union. She asked about the numbers. In 2009, 292,000 non-European economic area migrants entered the UK and only 109,000 left. The House will see that the vast majority of net immigration comes from outside the European Union. Such immigration is precisely what we will take action on.