[Margaret Pilkington]

We, in this country, pay benefits to people who have not paid a penny into the system.
This needs to stop. In most countries if you emigrate you have to have enough funds to support yourself for a period of time and you are not entitled to benefits unless you have contributed.

And while I don't think that benefits should be seen as a career option, I do not think that making people work on Community schemes is the way to get people back into the work arena.