9. 9. UKIP Wales Debate: Immigration Policy

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:58 pm on 21 June 2017.

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Photo of Gareth Bennett Gareth Bennett UKIP 5:58, 21 June 2017

Thank you. What is the evidence of this job offer? What checks would there be to prevent bogus job offers? What exactly constitutes a short time? How would these people be tracked if they had a job and then left it?

Finally, the joint Labour and Plaid Cymru document says that it wants, and I quote,

‘A strong culture of enforcement of legislation to prevent the exploitation of workers.’

End of quote. But we know, as it is a matter of record, that there have been pitifully few successful prosecutions by HMRC for not paying the minimum wage. The joint document says it will push for ‘much stronger enforcement’ of minimum wage legislation. What the document signally doesn’t say is how it will do this, which puts rather a gaping hole in their plan to stop worker exploitation. So, I would be interested to hear what the Government Minister has to say about this today.