Policy paper

Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan

Government response to the second report from the Home Affairs Select Committee, session 2014 to 2015 (HC 201).

• From: Home Office and The Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone
• Published: 9 December 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan

Ref: ISBN 9781474113069, 04121401 12/14 45263 19585, Cm. 8979

PDF, 503 KB, 18 pages

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Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan (print-ready)

Ref: ISBN 9781474113052, 04121401 12/14 45263 19585, Cm. 8979

PDF, 487 KB, 20 pages

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Details

This is a response to the committee’s report, which was published on 3 July 2014. It lays out the recommendations of the committee’s report and provides detailed responses from the government.

Additionally, the response covers the announcements made at the Girls Summit of July 2014, where the government announced a focus on improving the law enforcement response to FGM, supporting frontline professionals and working with communities to prevent abuse.

Published 9 December 2014