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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the CPS is taking to improve the rate of prosecution of people responsible for female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	910351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The CPS is determined to bring those responsible for Female Genital Mutilation to justice. I welcome the recent successful conviction in London which was the first in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst prosecution alone will not end this appalling crime, this first conviction sends out a strong message that FGM is child abuse and that the perpetrators will be brought to justice.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 910355 question first answered 11/04/2019 12:19:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

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registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	European Court of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Government has been ordered to pay damages in accordance with the European Court of Justice ruling in Francovich of 1991; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	107422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not maintain a central record of cases that include a claim for Francovich damages.</p><p> </p><p>There have been at least 5 reported cases in which the Government has been ordered to pay such damages.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been able to identify at least 16 ongoing cases against it which involve a claim for Francovich damages. The fact that such a claim has been made does not mean that it is well-founded, or that damages will be payable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/10/2017 10:28:39 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

769626

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	European Court of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Government is involved in cases in which it might be ordered to pay damages in accordance with the European Court of Justice ruling in Francovich of 1991 in the event that it is defeated in such cases.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	107423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not maintain a central record of cases that include a claim for Francovich damages.</p><p> </p><p>There have been at least 5 reported cases in which the Government has been ordered to pay such damages.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been able to identify at least 16 ongoing cases against it which involve a claim for Francovich damages. The fact that such a claim has been made does not mean that it is well-founded, or that damages will be payable.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/10/2017 10:29:32 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield