Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [HL]

1st reading (Hansard): House of Lords
Monday 3rd July 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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First Reading
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A Bill to amend the Children Act 1989 to state that proceedings under Section 5A of, and Schedule 2 to, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 are family proceedings.
The Bill was introduced by Lord Berkeley of Knighton, read a first time and ordered to be printed.