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Proceeding contribution from Yvette Cooper (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 February 2017. It occurred during Backbench debate on Unaccompanied Children (Greece and Italy).


Unaccompanied Children (Greece and Italy)

My hon. Friend is right about that, because this was a cross-party debate and cross-party work, with all of us supporting the Dubs amendment, just as it was cross-party pressure that got the Government to set up the 20,000 Syrian refugee scheme in the first place. There has been strong support from people in all parts of the House, and it was not for helping for only six months. That is the real problem with what the Government have done: it took them several months to get the Dubs scheme going in the first place, it has been running for only about six months and they have decided to pull the plug. I believe that is not in the spirit of the Dubs amendment that was agreed and passed last summer.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
621 c1243 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Asylum Finance Human trafficking Greece Local government Refugees Syria Italy Migrant camps Dubs, Lord Dublin regulations
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk