ROMANIAN AND BULGARIAN MIGRANT WORKERS

Early day motion 2160, tabled 22 October 2007 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 14 members.

That this House welcomes the joint study by HM Treasury, the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions that highlights the £6 billion a year in economic growth that comes as a result of migration to the UK; acknowledges the petition presented by Romanian community groups to the Prime Minister on 15th October 2007 calling for the end to working restrictions; congratulates the way in which the Romanian and Bulgarian governments have campaigned to lift such restrictions on their migrant workers; and calls upon the UK Government to lift the unnecessary and unfair restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian workers in the UK.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Conservative 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.