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Baroness Brinton (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 January 2025

Debate

First-cousin Marriage

Contribution

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for referring to the Born in Bradford study because 18 months ago, it reported that over the last decade, the number of intra-cousin marriages in the Pakistani community had substantially fallen. The reasons for this were awareness of the risk of congenital abnormalities, young people staying in education longer, and changing family values. This is clearly a successful project. Is it being replicated elsewhere in the UK?

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