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My concern is that FGM will continue and I hope that women who need help—medical or otherwise—following the procedure will not be frightened to come forward to receive it for fear of being seen to be disloyal to their own community.
I am trying to build up a picture of the context around direct payments. Following advice from me, the Health Department issued guidance, but I do not think that more up-to-date guidance has been issued.
Have attempts been made to link work within the prison with continued support in the community following release? Are we talking specifically about Cornton Vale?
If the motion is not agreed to, Mr McConnell and any other member who votes against it must answer the following question: how will we ensure that the interviews are put into the public domain?
We have lodged a series of amendments to address the balance between the affirmative and negative parliamentary procedures following the concerns that were raised in the committee's stage 1 report.