Immigration opinion: Bill Oddie (pictured on BBC's Springwatch) said he was delighted to have foreign neighbours and wanted a mixed country Britain should impose a Chinese-style quota on the number of babies people can have rather than curb immigration, Bill Oddie has suggested. The wildlife expert and TV presenter said he was delighted to have foreign neighbours and wanted a mixed country. During a TV debate on immigration yesterday, he added: ‘There should just as likely be a restriction on the number of children that British people have because over-population is what you are talking about here – the big problem.’
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Presenter is delighted to have foreign neighbours and wants mixed country
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China introduced laws in 1979 banning families from more than one child
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Mr Oddie, 73, who has three daughters, was lambasted for his comments
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MigrationWatch UK: 'Surprised he's coming up with that sort of nonsense'
He said: ‘Historically, we seem to have built up this ridiculous idea that, “Oh, we are @placeholder, this is our island and we don’t want anybody else in it”.