Thank you very much, DPO. Yes, 'female genital mutilation' are not words we often talk about here in this Chamber, but it's well overdue that we should be shining a light on this hugely distressing issue. Can I thank first of all, Julie Morgan, and pay tribute to her, in fact, for her hard work over many years, and also to Carl Sargeant, but more of Carl in a minute? 

The World Health Organization calls FGM, female genital mutilation, barbaric. Other words used are 'cruel' and, as we've heard, 'mutilating'. There's absolutely no health benefit whatsoever for girls and women, yet it is still carried out in many parts of the world today. As we've heard from some very powerful presentations this afternoon, procedures can cause severe bleeding, recurrent lifelong urinary problems, multiple infections, complications in childbirth—that's where I first saw my first case of FGM many years ago when I was doing obstetrics—and increased risk of newborn deaths as a result. It's no exaggeration to say that female genital mutilation is a complete violation of the human rights of girls and women. It needs restating, as has been stated, that it is actually illegal in this country and has been illegal for the past 32 years. It is abuse, and it's an extreme form of discrimination against women. All that has been said this afternoon and I'm just saying it to emphasise the gravity of the situation so that no-one be left in any doubt what this Chamber feels about this horrific, cruel, mutilating procedure.

We started this afternoon with Julie Morgan—a very powerful presentation, and obviously the visual presentation encapsulated the whole issue far better, actually, than many words can. But we need the words as well and we need the awareness-raising that such an individual Member's debate, such as this one, provides. We have had a comprehensive analysis of this whole monstrous issue. And, yes, we are left with the importance of awareness-raising among the involved communities and the importance of education in schools.

Very much the same theme was carried on by Jenny Rathbone and also by Jane Hutt, and I congratulate you both on your presentations, particularly as regards Jane and the awareness in schools and those warning signs, because there are still distressingly recent cases of FGM appearing in schools, although it remains hidden because, as we have heard, girls go on prolonged cutting holidays. It does highlight the need for a cross-governmental response, as both Jane and Jenny mentioned, and the importance of getting rid of this wall of silence in the involved communities. But we have to support and educate those communities where this procedure is still endemic.

I congratulate also Joyce Watson on her presentation this afternoon on the importance of speaking out about getting to grips with this wall of silence that is everywhere, regardless of the distress caused, I have to say, and, as Joyce was saying, the twisted misogynistic logic of still carrying out this procedure. And the World Health Organization reiterates a similar sort of language.

Turning finally to the leader of the house, Julie James, can I also congratulate Julie on her elevation and also on her powerful tribute to Carl Sargeant, who has done immense work in this field as regards violence against women and setting up and helping to set up many of the projects that were so expertly outlined by Julie James? Because this is about power and control over girls and women, and that is completely and utterly unacceptable. Support the motion. Diolch yn fawr.