Member

It is important to recognise that there is strong support, including cross-party support in the Chamber here. There is support from the business community, metro mayors and local authority leaders across the country, the Greater London Authority, the Adam Smith Institute, the CBI, Unison and the TUC. There is plenty of evidence out there, including some of the statements made today, about the impact of migrant workers and asylum workers on the work chances of the domestic, indigenous workforce. That is not as clear as people might assume. A fantastic piece of work has just come out of Wharton business school by Professor Zeke Hernandez, The Truth About Immigration, that shows that there is not a like-for-like placement. Many asylum seekers come in and do work that local people will not do or cannot do themselves.