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Debate between Stephen Gethins and David Linden
Tuesday 1st May 2018

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Gethins Portrait Stephen Gethins (North East Fife) (SNP)
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3. What estimate he has made of the number of non-UK EU nationals who work for small businesses.

David Linden Portrait David Linden (Glasgow East) (SNP)
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7. What estimate he has made of the number of non-UK EU nationals who work for small businesses.

Andrew Griffiths Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Andrew Griffiths)
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Non-UK EU nationals account for 7% of total UK employment. Scottish businesses have had the opportunity to feed into the Migration Advisory Committee’s analysis of the role of EU nationals in the UK. We appreciate the strong contribution that EU nationals make to small and large businesses, and we have already agreed to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK under our withdrawal agreement with the EU.