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Proceeding contribution from Denis MacShane (Independent (affiliation)) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 November 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Controlling Migration.


Controlling Migration

I wonder how many of us would be sitting here today, if in the 20th century our parents and grandparents had had to go through the sieve that the Home Secretary is putting in place to slow down the number of people coming to the UK. Does she agree, and will she say so more strongly, that the arrival of 10% of the English population in the form of Huguenots enriched Britain, that Jews who came here enriched Britain, and that Muslims and Pakistanis in my constituency have enriched Britain, and will she be very careful before she gives any comfort to Migrationwatch, the British National party and the United Kingdom Independence party, and their horrible anti-immigrant line?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
519 c176 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Immigration controls Migration Visas Students EU immigration
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk