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Debate between Meg Hillier and Yvonne Fovargue
Tuesday 30th October 2012
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Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op)
10. What steps his Department is taking to ensure the continuing education of girls in Afghanistan following the military draw-down.
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab)
14. What steps his Department is taking to ensure the continuing education of girls in Afghanistan following the military draw-down.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair Burt)
The United Kingdom can be proud of the role it is playing in ensuring that more than 2 million girls are now in school in Afghanistan. At the Tokyo conference in July, the Afghan Government reconfirmed their commitment to the rights of women and children. My right hon. Friend Baroness Warsi made the point again during her visit to Afghanistan in the past couple of weeks and got a further assurance from the Afghan Government.