Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to limit the free movement of people into the UK from other EU countries.

We have been clear that free movement is an important principle of the EU but it cannot be unqualified. Freedom of movement is not, and cannot be, a freedom to claim benefits. Across Government we have introduced a series of tough domestic reforms to tackle the abuse of free movement rights and to ensure that our controls on accessing benefits and services are amongst the tightest in Europe.

The Prime Minister has made clear that further steps are needed.