Petition · past parliament
prosecution for parents who allow Female genital mutilation in this country
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
I feel that despite being of a different culture,people living in the UK should be made to follow English Law, it is prejudice if only a certain part of society has laws to conform to , 1,200 cases have been reported in the last 3 months, .Child abuse is being, allowed
NSPCC estimate 137,000 cases in uk who knows how many more we need the law to be upheld there is no basis for this abuse in religion
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 27 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Mar 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
9 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.