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Owen Thompson

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Point of Order
Wednesday 16th September 2015

(9 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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As I indicated earlier, the issue will be looked at. The Chancellor has made it clear that he will look at it alongside the spending review.

Owen Thompson Portrait Owen Thompson (Midlothian) (SNP)
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Last week, the Prime Minister told us that his Government have also looked at Save the Children’s proposals concerning the 3,000 Syrian children already here in Europe, and said that they will continue to discuss that. Is the Secretary of State able to provide more information on that point?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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The work we are doing at the moment is based on the Prime Minister’s announcement of our helping 20,000 refugees directly from the region.

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