Family Migration

Nigel Evans Excerpts

Monday 11th June 2012 Commons Chamber

[Several hon. Members]

rose—

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)]

Order. I remind the House that in order to ask a question about the statement, a Member must have been in the Chamber to listen to it.

[Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con)]

I welcome the series of impressive and, dare I say, Conservative measures that the Home Secretary has announced. Given that thresholds are higher when children are involved, is there not a risk that people entering the country in order to marry will quickly have a number of children, and may therefore need state support although they are above the original threshold?