HC Deb 22 April 1983 vol 41 c196W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether any female circumcisions have been carried out under the National Health Service in the last three years.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

No, so far as I am aware. I would deplore any suggestion that female circumcision for non-medical reasons might be carried out under the National Health Service, but I know of no suggestion that any such operation might have taken place.