<p>Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 21 June 2016.

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Photo of Mr Neil Hamilton Mr Neil Hamilton UKIP 2:01, 21 June 2016

The First Minister seems to be denying that adding a city the size of Cardiff to our national population every year has no impact on wages. I have to tell him that the Bank of England disagrees with that. In a report that was published at the end of last year, the Bank of England said that a 10 per cent increase in immigration leads to a 2 per cent fall in wages for unskilled and semi-skilled people. So, although it may be very well for professional classes and people who want cleaners and gardeners and the like to have unlimited immigration, for those at the bottom of the income scale, this is very bad news indeed.