Make the Home Secretary explain to Parliament the lack of FGM prosecutions.

Closed 58 signatures

What the petition asks

FGM has been illigal since the passing of the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 yet there hasn't been a single conviction despite the estimated 103 thousand girls living with the consequences of FGM the UK. Such investigations are a police matter and they answer to the Home Secretary.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-case-per-hour-uk-nhs-circumcision-a7564571.html

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/05/nhs-attended-to-9000-fgm-cases-in-england-last-year-report-reveals

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40491311

Timeline

27 Feb 2018	Petition opened for signatures
27 Aug 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 58

Status Closed

Opened 27 Feb 2018

Closed 27 Aug 2018

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