Written question asked by Richard Burden (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 December 2017. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 December 2017 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Iraq: Marriage
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Iraq on (a) instances of child marriage in that country and (b) proposals on Iraq’s civil and family law governing child marriage.
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We are concerned about child marriage and proposed changes to civil and family law governing child marriage in Iraq. In November 2017 we urged the Government of Iraq at senior levels to reconsider proposed amendments to legal provisions governing marriage, which could have seen the age of marriage reduced to nine, and we issued a public statement. The proposed amendments to the law were removed from the Parliamentary agenda. We will continue to monitor the situation.
The UK is at the forefront of international efforts across the world to end Child and Early Forced Marriage. Through DFID's global £39 million "Accelerating Action to End Child Marriage" programme we are strengthening legal frameworks, and supporting the necessary associated shift in behaviours to end the practice.
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- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Children Iraq Marriage
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