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SCHEME FOR CHILD REFUGEES. OFFERS FROM THE DOMINIONS. (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, June 12, The Under-Secretary of' State for the Dominions (Mr G. H. Shakespeare), in the House of Commons, said: “The interdepartmental committee appointed under thei chairmanship of myself will consider offers from the Dominions for the care of British children for the period of the war. The committee has already held a number of meetings and the work is continuing in close touch with the Dominions. I express the thanks of the Government for this further demonstration of the co-operation of the British Commonwealth in our war effort. The Government is confident that it should- he possible to provide a practical scheme. “The committee is giving urgent consideration to the whole question and has received a number of inquiries from British! parents, but a schema of this nature raises many intricate problems on which the agreement of the Dominions is necessary. The committee will consult any organisation with a knowledge of emigration and evacuation.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 6
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