Public Bill Committees
Female Genital Mutilation Bill
- Female Genital Mutilation Bill, 1st sitting (1 speech)
[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]- Clause 1 - Offence of female genital mutilation (17 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 3 - Offence of assisting a non-UK person to mutilate overseas a girl's genitalia (1 speech)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 4 - Extension of sections 1 to 3 (2 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. - Clause 5 - Penalties for offences (1 speech)
The clause strengthens section 1(2)(a) of the 1985 Act by increasing the maximum penalty on conviction on indictment from five years' to 14 years' imprisonment. It re-enacts section 1(2)(b) of...
- Clause 1 - Offence of female genital mutilation (17 speeches)