We must make serious efforts to find the perpetrators of this brutal practice and to enforce the 2005 act so that the relatively small number of very vulnerable people in some of Scotland’s ethnic communities who are at risk of female genital mutilation can receive the legal protection that they deserve as our fellow citizens.I thank Jenny Marra for alerting us to the lack of progress to date on eliminating this awful practice and for her sustained efforts to help its victims and those who are currently at risk of being made to endure the severe personal traumas of FGM.17:22 I congratulate Jenny Marra on lodging her important motion and I commend the passionate and empathetic way in which she has championed this and other causes.Female genital mutilation is an appalling human rights abuse that we must do everything that we can to completely eradicate.