The hon. Lady is exactly right, and I thank her for her intervention. It is also worth saying that, were a culture to experiment with such an extreme form of male circumcision on a comparable level to what young girls are experiencing around the world, I suspect it would not last more than a single generation, and it certainly would not require legislation and a campaign of the sort that Nimco Ali and her colleagues have waged.
Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 March 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords].
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