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It is quite clear that, if a 40-year-old invites a 14-year-old girl, in full knowledge of her age, to visit him in his flat when no one else is present, there could be a problem.
Mike Rumbles, Stewart Stevenson and others have talked about the scale of the crisis in Grampian—a crisis that Andy Kerr, the Minister for Health and Community Care, denied existed on his visit to the area a couple of weeks ago.
If the girl fears that the reason for the visit is to have FGM done to her, she should know where to go to get the visit stopped.With the honourable exception of the minister, it is interesting to note that no men have taken part in the debate.
However, we are regularly in touch with boards and their developments and we often visit the facilities for which they have said that they will use the money.
I welcome from the Electoral Commission Sir Neil McIntosh, the commissioner; Dougie Wands, the principal officer; and Kate Sullivan, the assistant director of policy. I welcome you to your first visit to the committee. I know that you have prepared some opening comments.
They definitely need support. I remember visiting a young boy who was put into care in London after he had been found sleeping on the streets because he could not get along with his stepfather in Edinburgh.
The minister refuted the argument that criminals might visit Scotland with impunity by stating first that action is being taken to strengthen immigration rules.