Petition · past parliament

Introduce a UK Law against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Wales Gets First Female Genital Mutilation Clinic.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Female genital mutilation is already illegal in the UK. You can find out more about what the UK Government is doing to tackle FGM here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/female-genital-mutilation

Timeline

9 May 2018 Petition opened for signatures
16 May 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 May 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.