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Business of the House

Henry Smith Excerpts
Thursday 13th October 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I remind the House that we are very pressed for time and I am not likely to be able to call many more Members, so there is a premium on brevity if we are to maximise the number of contributors.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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I have recently been dealing with a case on behalf of two constituents who were dismissed from their jobs with a commercial cleaning firm called Jani-King, allegedly for being British. May we have a debate on discrimination against British workers in this country?

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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If anything illegal has taken place, I hope the appropriate authorities will be notified. I shall share my hon. Friend’s concern with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and see whether anything irregular has taken place.