Edward Leigh
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Tuesday 4th November 2014
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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.