[Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] — Backbench business — Immigration (Bulgaria and Romania)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 5:06 pm on 22 April 2013.

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Photo of Chris Bryant Chris Bryant Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 5:06, 22 April 2013

Only my mother calls me Christopher, Mr Walker. However, while reading recently, I was struck by the fact that the person who produced the original report for the then Government claims that, if we read all 85 pages, it was remarkably accurate on probable EU migration from the A8 countries to the UK. Unfortunately, all the different political classes at the time relied only on a headline, which was wholly inaccurate. I suspect that it is possible to map out the numbers rather better than has been done in relation to next year.