Nigel Evans
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Monday 11th June 2012
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(11 years, 11 months ago)
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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?