Anne Marie Hicks, COPFS, said an FGMPO will protect people from harm and protect their rights, giving them options and opportunities to seek help which, she considered, would be empowering.Official Report, 10 October, col.19-21 Detective Superintendent Elaine Galbraith, Public Protection, Specialist Crime Division, Police Scotland, agreed that protective measures could be empowering, and that an FGMPO would mean the responsibility wasn’t entirely on a survivor or victim.Official Report, 10 October, col.7 Liz Owens, Social Care Scotland, said an FGMPO “would be a really protective and empowering tool to have.”Official Report, 10 October, col.5
Leethen Bartholomew, National FGM Centre, explained that domestic abuse was a factor in about 20 to 25% of the FGM cases they were involved in.