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HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [ Lords ]That is an important point and a challenge; I am sure the Crown Prosecution Service is looking closely at that. Others have made the broader point about education and the hon.…25 Feb 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [ Lords ]It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park for his support for the Bill, for sponsoring it through the House…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Mediation)My hon. Friend is a member of the Justice Committee and has taken part in many debates on this subject. I know he has extensive experience of arbitration as well as mediation. I…18 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Mediation)I thank hon. Members for their important contributions, and I will respond briefly to some of the points raised. The shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Bradford East (Imran…18 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Mediation)That is precisely the position. All that is happening with this SI is that we are going back to the position before the directive was implemented. It was implemented in 2011, so…18 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Mediation)I beg to move, That the draft Cross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 21 January 2019, be approved. This draft…18 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Mediation)If someone wants to stop a time limit running in mediation, they need only issue proceedings before a court, because that stops time running. If someone issues proceedings and…18 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Judical Pensions and Fee-Paid Judges' Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Judicial Pensions and Fee-Paid Judges’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019. It is a pleasure to serve under…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationAs my hon. Friend identifies, this is an important matter. It will come before the House in Government time; as the Chief Whip has indicated, this is a matter that he would like…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI am grateful for the opportunity to address the House on this important matter. Female genital mutilation has no place in our society. It is an extremely painful and harmful…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationThe hon. Lady, who I was pleased to work with on her private Member’s Bill on upskirting, raises some very important issues. She is right that we need to protect these vulnerable…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI cannot give my hon. Friend a precise indication, as that is not within my power, but the Government intend to act very swiftly.11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationThe hon. Lady cares deeply about protecting vulnerable people, and I am pleased to have met her to discuss a number of matters in the family justice sphere. She makes a number of…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI am happy to repeat that the Government take this matter seriously. The Chief Whip has identified this subject as a matter of importance, and it will be given Government time…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI am very pleased to hear of the measures being taken in Scotland, because of course this is not a domestic problem that affects any region in particular but is an international…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI am happy to confirm to my hon. Friend that the Government think that this is a very important matter. Across the Departments, we think that it is an important matter, and the…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI know that the hon. Lady takes a great deal of interest in women’s issues, and I have been pleased to work with her on a number of issues that cross my Department. I know that…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationThis was a Government-backed Bill, which we have supported.11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI would be very happy to meet the hon. Lady. She has pointed out some of the terrible consequences of this horrific act, and I should like to take a little bit of time to refer to…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his comments and to my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Zac Goldsmith) for his sponsoring of the Bill, which the Government…11 Feb 2019