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Baroness Jenkin of Kennington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of instances of taking children into care under safeguarding law in relation to female genital mutilation (FGM) only on the basis of risk factors, such as the fact that the child’s mother had been subject to FGM, without direct evidence that the child is going to be subjected to FGM.  HL2497

Question HL2497: tabled on 11 March 2020 and due for answer by 25 March 2020

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Baroness Jenkin of Kennington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of instances of taking children into care under safeguarding law in relation to female genital mutilation (FGM) only on the basis of risk factors, such as the fact that the child’s mother had been subject to FGM, without direct evidence that the child is going to be subjected to FGM.  HL2497
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Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
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