Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:58 pm on 21 June 2016.
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Lywydd. Last night’s result shows that small countries can take on much bigger ones in the world and succeed, if they approach a task in the right spirit. I’m sure that Ken Skates will be an advantage to Wales whenever it’s playing around the world, if he can produce results like last night’s.
But, reverting to the question that was asked by the leader of the opposition, there is no reason, is there, why a points-based immigration system, as there is in Australia, should in any way restrict the number of doctors coming to the UK, but it might enable us to restrict those who don’t come for jobs, who compete with others. I wonder if he agrees with what Len McCluskey, the Labour Party’s largest financial contributor, is reported as having said in the papers today, that opening borders to eastern European countries in 2004 has led to
‘a gigantic experiment at the expense of ordinary workers’, and has led to
‘sustained pressure on living standards and a systematic attempt to hold down wages and cut the costs of social provision for working people.’