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Debate between Helen Grant and Andrew Mitchell
Wednesday 26th October 2011

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Helen Grant Portrait Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con)
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T4. What action is the Secretary of State taking to tackle forced marriage and early marriage in the developing world?

Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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As I mentioned to the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Ann McKechin), we are supporting specific pilot studies to try to reduce the awful levels of early marriage, not least in Amhara in Ethiopia, where we have secured extraordinarily good results. This is a key pillar of the activity that we support in all our programmes.

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