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Gurkha Settlement Rights

I rejoice that in my constituency I have more than 400 Gurkha families. They enrich the borough educationally and in public life, and they also work, earn money and pay taxes. Gurkhas would be of enormous benefit to the United Kingdom, as they are to my constituency. The thing that really upsets me about the Government Front Benchers present is that there is a degree of inevitability about the matter, because as sure as night turns to day, they will win ultimately. I say to them: "Why don't you embrace the proposal now? You wouldn't understand a just policy or a popular policy if it were painted on your eyelids."