| Heading: |
Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions |
| Question ID: |
1807336 |
| UIN: |
55769 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5168 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Adam Jogee
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Adam Jogee
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Solicitor General, what recent steps she has taken to help increase prosecution rates for offences relating to female genital mutilation. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5333 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lucy Rigby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lucy Rigby
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| Answer text: |
This Government is dedicated to addressing female genital mutilation (FGM) and all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG), aiming to halve VAWG in the next decade. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is actively working to increase FGM prosecuti... |
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| Answering body ID: |
88 |
| Answering body name: |
Attorney General |
| Tweeted: |
true |