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Department: Leader of the House
Thursday 7th March 2013

(11 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Lansley Portrait Mr Lansley
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The hon. Gentleman will know that I cannot comment in detail on that without notice, but I will of course talk to colleagues at the Department for Work and Pensions to see whether we can establish the reasons behind the different answers in respect of different periods.

Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East) (Con)
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My right hon. Friend mentioned migration and I congratulate the Government on reducing net migration by a third. May we have a statement on how local education authorities can authenticate requests by parents from other EU countries for school places for their children? I understand that Bournemouth borough council—no different from other councils—has no requirement or indeed resource to check whether those parents are working legitimately in the UK. The system is subject to abuse.