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Kate Green Excerpts

Tuesday 26th February 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab)]

4. What the reason is for the time taken to produce the Government’s sexual health policy document; and when he now expects it to be published.

[Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab)]

11. What the reason is for the time taken to produce the Government’s sexual health policy document.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Anna Soubry)]

This is an important document, which we want to get right. I anticipate that it will be published next month.

[Anna Soubry]

I certainly support the sentiment behind the hon. Gentleman’s question, and make it clear that I wanted to ensure that the document included the need for everybody to eradicate prejudice in all sexual health work. I was very keen to put that in the document, and I am sure he will join me in welcoming its publication, which will, we hope, be next month.

[Kate Green]

The under-18 pregnancy rate has fallen by 25% in the past 10 years. Will the Minister confirm that the strategy document will make it clear that it is important to protect specialist, dedicated sexual health services for young people, such as the Brook service at the Talkshop in Trafford in my constituency?