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NDM6528 - Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv)
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Meeting: 15/11/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Postponed from 8 November
NDM6528
Julie
Morgan (Cardiff North)
Angela
Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Dai
Lloyd (South Wales West)
Joyce
Watson (Mid and West Wales)
Jenny
Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Recognises that female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely practised worldwide
and an estimated 2,000 women and girls in Wales are living with the
consequences of FGM.
2.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
use every opportunity to raise awareness of this practice;
b)
encourage schools to discuss this as part of the Personal and Social Education
curriculum and in staff training;
c)
raise awareness of this practice among GPs and all medical practitioners; and
d)
do all it can to ensure communities most affected receive help and support to
tackle the problem.
Supported by:
Minutes:
The item started at 15.41
Voting on the
motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM6528
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Dai Lloyd (South Wales West)
Joyce Watson (Mid and West Wales)
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises that
female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely practised worldwide and an estimated
2,000 women and girls in Wales are living with the consequences of FGM.
2. Calls on the
Welsh Government to:
a) use every opportunity
to raise awareness of this practice;
b) encourage
schools to discuss this as part of the Personal and Social Education curriculum
and in staff training;
c) raise awareness
of this practice among GPs and all medical practitioners; and
d) do all it can to
ensure communities most affected receive help and support to tackle the
problem.
The result was as
follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
39 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
The
motion was agreed.