also aware of the real disjuncture between the national transfer scheme and the devolved administrationsn scotland and wales, and if the dubs provision is conflated with the national transfer scheme, it denies those nations the opportunity to make a full contribution we believe they desire to. when a country that's as capable and relatively wealthy as the uk — the fifth—largest economy in the world, a country that has real expertise in child protection, that has real expertise in our staff at the home office — when a country like ours is seen to close the door in the face of child refugees and refuse to help, it is really noticed by other countries in the world. the government has said that one of their reasons for closing the dubs scheme is because they think it was increasing the pull factor, that it was increasing the risk of children becoming involved in trafficking. if there is ever some very strong evidence to suggest that this kind of scheme or any one like it was doing harm by encouraging children to make dangerous journeys, then we would have a problem with that too. for that re

here in the uk we have launched the national transfer scheme and significantly increased funding for i am proud of this government's active approach to helping and sheltering the most vulnerable, and that is a position that will continue. yvette cooper. last week the prime minister said, on refugees, this government has a proud record of support and long may it continue. this week, the government cancelled the dubs scheme after it had been running for less than six months. she said it hasn't closed but will she confirm what it said ina closed but will she confirm what it said in a statement yesterday that once those 350 children are here, thatis once those 350 children are here, that is it, it is closed? where does it say in the hansard debates that i have hear from our debates it say in the hansard debates that i have hearfrom our debates on it say in the hansard debates that i have hear from our debates on the dubs amendment that we will only help lone child refugees for six months? where does it say that instead of the 3000 that parliament debated, we will help only a tenth of tha