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Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme 2020-03-23

2020-03-23

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David Simmonds Conservatives
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Discussion about the conclusion of the initial five-year term of the scheme and its future funding.
What plans does she have to mark the conclusion of the initial five-year term of the vulnerable persons relocation scheme? Will my right hon. Friend consider making budgets available from the official development assistance funds to support refugees with their ambition to learn the English language after their resettlement to the UK?
Priti Patel (The Secretary of State for the Home Department)
My hon. Friend asks an important question and makes a very important point about the vulnerable persons relocation scheme He will know, as will all Members, that our ODA budget is used exactly for that purpose, and the Government have a proud and considerable record of achievement when it comes to the vulnerable persons resettlement scheme.
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