Submitted on Monday 22nd January 2018
Rejected on Monday 5th February 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Prosecute those guilty of FGM.
FGM has been illegal since 1985 and not one single parent has been prosecuted for this barbaric crime against their daughters. Parents who beat, sexually abuse or neglect their children are arrested, prosecuted and the child is removed from their care. The rules of law must apply to ALL children.
in England from April 2015 to December 2016 there were 10,067 new cases of FGM recorded.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for prosecutions. The police and the Crown Prosecution Service are responsible for deciding which cases should be prosecuted. You can find out more here:
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/d_to_g/female_genital_mutilation/
The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee in Parliament investigated female genital mutilation in 2014, 2015 and 2016. You can read more about their inquiries here:
www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/inquiry8/
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