Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 100221
Female Genital Mutilation
Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025
Question
Sarah Pochin
Reform UK — Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Solicitor General,?whether he has sought advice from the Crown Prosecution Service on the potential impact of articles in medical journals on (a) evidential thresholds and (b) prosecutorial decision-making in cases involving female genital muti
Answer
Ellie ReevesThe CPS role is to make sure the right person is prosecuted for the right offence. Prosecutors apply the Code for Crown Prosecutors when making charging decisions in all cases, including FGM. The evidential threshold, whether the evidence provides a reali...
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