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There are difficulties in communities, and the culture that we are dealing with is such that people actually think that FGM is a good thing for their daughters' future opportunities and even their future health.
I want to give members the opportunity to put issues on our agenda for the future. We have not done that this morning, but we have a range of issues to raise with the minister.That concludes item 3.
Scottish ParliamentStandards CommitteeWednesday 26 June 2002(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 10:01 Good morning and welcome to the 11th meeting in 2001 of the Standards Committee.
This Parliament has a link with the past, but it is not about the past; its purpose is to take Scotland into the future. It would be a great pity if we had to trail this baggage into the future.
It is difficult to imagine how the prescribed circumstances could be defined to cover all possible circumstances, now and in the future, if they were included in the bill.