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Business question from Valerie Vaz (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 December 2010. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.


Business of the House

Female genital mutilation affects more than 20,000 women and girls in this country, some of them as young as 12 months old. A brilliant midwife, Alison Burns, has set up a clinic in the west midlands on her own initiative to deal with this matter. May we have an urgent debate on why there has not been a single prosecution, despite the fact that the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 makes this practice illegal?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
520 c1052-3 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Female genital mutilation
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk