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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Amber Rudd Excerpts
Monday 6th February 2012

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Green Portrait Damian Green
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If documents have gone missing, I obviously apologise to the hon. Lady and her constituent. I will happily talk with her to solve the problem as soon as possible.

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con)
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Today is international day of zero tolerance against female genital mutilation. What assessment has the Home Secretary made of progress against this violent and dreadful crime?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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Sadly, we see too many examples of this terrible crime continuing to take place. Most people would be shocked to know how many young girls in the UK are subjected to female genital mutilation. We need to redouble our efforts to ensure that we educate young girls about the prospect of being taken abroad and having this done to them, but we also need to ensure that we educate others so that they do not wish to do this terrible act.