Afghanistan Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Monday 6th September 2021

(3 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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The Government are absolutely determined to look after people coming from Afghanistan, and in particular to look after their mental health and address the trauma they might have suffered, and that is why we are investing massively in the services provided not just by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government but local government across the board.

Sarah Dines Portrait Miss Sarah Dines (Derbyshire Dales) (Con)
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What extra funds will be made available for local schools and councils like the Derbyshire Dales District Council, which urgently want to help but want to make sure that additional funds are available?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank my hon. Friend and Derbyshire Dales District Council for stepping up. We will of course make sure that the funds are available, and she should make representations to the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Louth and Horncastle (Victoria Atkins).