Female Genital Mutilation
Debate between Helen Jones and Keith Vaz(10 years, 2 months ago)
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Helen Jones
My hon. Friend is right. Many young people take the issue seriously. Peer-provided information is often much better for young people than some old sod like me going in to lecture to them—[Interruption.]
Keith Vaz
I agree with everything my hon. Friend has said so far. She has heard about the initiative by the London borough of Newham, which my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown) explained. If it is successful, and obviously we will wait to the see the outcome of the project, does my hon. Friend think that it perhaps should be rolled out in other parts of the country where FGM is a real problem?
Mr Dai Havard (in the Chair)
Ms Jones, perhaps we should record your remark as “old soul”.