Female Genital Mutilation
EDM number 864 in 2002-03, proposed by Chris McCafferty on 10/03/2003.
That this House condemns the practice of female genital mutilation, which violates the human rights of girls and women to bodily integrity and has adverse health and social implications; notes that an estimated 130 million women and girls in the world have undergone female genital mutilation and that two million girls are at risk of undergoing some form of the procedure every year; further notes that in the UK women who have undergone female genital mutilation are increasingly presenting themselves to health care professionals, and specialist clinics are treating hundreds of women with female genital mutilation related complications; regrets that there have been no prosecutions under the UK Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985; welcomes the Private Members Bill on female genital mutilation, as a follow-up to the all-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health's Hearing's report on female genital mutilation to enable people who attempt to circumvent UK laws by taking girls abroad for female genital mutilation, even to countries where the practice is lawful, to be prosecuted on their return to the UK. Development and Reproductive Health's Hearing's Report on female genital mutilation; and urges Her Majesty's Government to act on this Bill, changing the law on female genital mutilation to enable people who attempt to circumvent UK laws by taking girls abroad for female genital mutilation, even to countries where the practice is lawful, to be prosecuted on their return to the UK.
This motion has been signed by a total of 144 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Chris McCafferty | 10/03/2003 | Calder Valley | Labour | Proposed |
Julie Morgan | 10/03/2003 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Pound | 10/03/2003 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
Syd Rapson | 10/03/2003 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
David Rendel | 10/03/2003 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew Robathan | 10/03/2003 | Blaby | Conservative | Signed |
Marion Roe | 10/03/2003 | Broxbourne | Conservative | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 10/03/2003 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
Chris Ruane | 10/03/2003 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
Bob Russell | 10/03/2003 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Martin Salter | 10/03/2003 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
Brian Sedgemore | 10/03/2003 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
Evan Harris | 10/03/2003 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Hinchliffe | 10/03/2003 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 10/03/2003 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 10/03/2003 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 10/03/2003 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
Helen Jones | 10/03/2003 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
Jon Owen Jones | 10/03/2003 | Cardiff Central | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 10/03/2003 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 10/03/2003 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Jones | 10/03/2003 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ann Keen | 10/03/2003 | Brentford & Isleworth | Labour | Signed |
Paul Keetch | 10/03/2003 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Robert Key | 10/03/2003 | Salisbury | Conservative | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 10/03/2003 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
Oona King | 10/03/2003 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Signed |
Ashok Kumar | 10/03/2003 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
Jackie Lawrence | 10/03/2003 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
Andrew MacKay | 10/03/2003 | Bracknell | Conservative | Signed |
Alice Mahon | 10/03/2003 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
Paul Marsden | 10/03/2003 | Shrewsbury & Atcham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Kevin McNamara | 10/03/2003 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
Laura Moffatt | 10/03/2003 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 10/03/2003 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
Martin O'Neill | 10/03/2003 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
Colin Breed | 10/03/2003 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Russell Brown | 10/03/2003 | Dumfries | Labour | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 10/03/2003 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Martin Caton | 10/03/2003 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Colin Challen | 10/03/2003 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
David Chidgey | 10/03/2003 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ann Clwyd | 10/03/2003 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 10/03/2003 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 10/03/2003 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
Tom Cox | 10/03/2003 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 10/03/2003 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
John Cryer | 10/03/2003 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
Edward Davey | 10/03/2003 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Valerie Davey | 10/03/2003 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 10/03/2003 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Terry Davis | 10/03/2003 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
Frank Field | 10/03/2003 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
Barbara Follett | 10/03/2003 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
Andrew George | 10/03/2003 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ian Gibson | 10/03/2003 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
Sandra Gidley | 10/03/2003 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jane Griffiths | 10/03/2003 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 10/03/2003 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 10/03/2003 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Candy Atherton | 10/03/2003 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
Vera Baird | 10/03/2003 | Redcar | Labour | Signed |
Norman Baker | 10/03/2003 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tony Baldry | 10/03/2003 | Banbury | Conservative | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 10/03/2003 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Clive Betts | 10/03/2003 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
David Borrow | 10/03/2003 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 10/03/2003 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Howard Stoate | 10/03/2003 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
David Taylor | 10/03/2003 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Gareth Thomas | 10/03/2003 | Clwyd West | Labour | Signed |
Mark Todd | 10/03/2003 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Jenny Tonge | 10/03/2003 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Tyler | 10/03/2003 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 10/03/2003 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 10/03/2003 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
Betty Williams | 10/03/2003 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
Nicholas Winterton | 10/03/2003 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
Linda Perham | 11/03/2003 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
Martin Smyth | 11/03/2003 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
Lady Hermon | 11/03/2003 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
Paul Holmes | 11/03/2003 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Eric Martlew | 11/03/2003 | Carlisle | Labour | Signed |
Ann McKechin | 11/03/2003 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
Colin Burgon | 11/03/2003 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
Wayne David | 11/03/2003 | Caerphilly | Labour | Signed |
Huw Edwards | 11/03/2003 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
Adrian Bailey | 11/03/2003 | West Bromwich West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Simon Thomas | 11/03/2003 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Desmond Turner | 11/03/2003 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
Norman Lamb | 12/03/2003 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tony Lloyd | 12/03/2003 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
Tim Loughton | 12/03/2003 | East Worthing & Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
Vincent Cable | 12/03/2003 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 12/03/2003 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Dismore | 12/03/2003 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
David Drew | 12/03/2003 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Roy Beggs | 12/03/2003 | East Antrim | UUP | Signed |
Angela Watkinson | 12/03/2003 | Upminster | Conservative | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 12/03/2003 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Ann Winterton | 12/03/2003 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Rosindell | 13/03/2003 | Romford | Conservative | Signed |
Bob Spink | 13/03/2003 | Castle Point | Conservative | Signed |
Mark Lazarowicz | 13/03/2003 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Doug Naysmith | 13/03/2003 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Annette Brooke | 13/03/2003 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alistair Carmichael | 13/03/2003 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 13/03/2003 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 13/03/2003 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Janet Dean | 13/03/2003 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Sue Doughty | 13/03/2003 | Guildford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 13/03/2003 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Brian White | 13/03/2003 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
Richard Younger-Ross | 13/03/2003 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Lindsay Hoyle | 14/03/2003 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
Patsy Calton | 14/03/2003 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 14/03/2003 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
John Austin | 14/03/2003 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
Michael Moore | 17/03/2003 | Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Rob Marris | 18/03/2003 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
Janet Anderson | 18/03/2003 | Rossendale & Darwen | Labour | Signed |
Keith Vaz | 19/03/2003 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
Jimmy Wray | 19/03/2003 | Glasgow, Baillieston | Labour | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 20/03/2003 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Richard Burden | 20/03/2003 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 21/03/2003 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
Kevin Brennan | 24/03/2003 | Cardiff West | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 25/03/2003 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Marsha Singh | 26/03/2003 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
David Hamilton | 27/03/2003 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
Kevin Barron | 27/03/2003 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
Edward Leigh | 31/03/2003 | Gainsborough | Conservative | Signed |
Julian Lewis | 31/03/2003 | New Forest East | Conservative | Signed |
John Battle | 03/04/2003 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
Mohammad Sarwar | 07/04/2003 | Glasgow, Govan | Labour | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 07/04/2003 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tony Cunningham | 08/04/2003 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
Patrick Hall | 08/04/2003 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
John Lyons | 28/04/2003 | Strathkelvin & Bearsden | Labour | Signed |
Tony Clarke | 15/05/2003 | Northampton South | Labour | Signed |
Meg Munn | 20/05/2003 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
John Smith | 22/05/2003 | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | Signed |
Harold Best | 08/09/2003 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
Paul Daisley | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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