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<p>Unlike the concluding observations which the CEDAW Committee issues to the UK specifically
after each of our periodic examinations, General Recommendations are issued by the
Committee to all 188 States which are party to the Convention. That means that not
all the General Recommendations will actually be relevant to the UK's circumstances
and policies, and it is not the normal practice of the Government to respond specifically
to the publication of General Recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>If a General Recommendation
is relevant to the UK, then the Committee will assess us against it during our periodic
examination. We will receive their evaluation and we will have the opportunity to
respond fully at that stage. The Government has, however, noted the publication of
General Recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status,
asylum, nationality and statelessness of women by the Committee, and the content has
been conveyed to the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will of course
be able to answer any specific questions the noble Lord has on female interviewers
and interpreters for women asylum applicants.</p>
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