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MPs demanded an emergency action plan to tackle the “national scandal” of female genital mutilation (FGM) yesterday.
The cross-party home affairs committee urged prosecutions through the courts to show perpetrators that the issue is at last being taken seriously.
While the practice of FGM has been outlawed in Britain since 1985, the first prosecution only took place this year.
To quell the public anger and silence the far right, Labour has rushed out a report so that it can launch a National Inquiry — ANN CZERNIK examines Baroness Casey’s incendiary audit and finds fatal flaws that fail to 'draw a line' under the scandal as hoped
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
