Some submitters to the committee raised concerns about seemingly related issues. This included male circumcision, with submitters saying that this is carried out without consent. Others wanted the bill to include intersex genital mutilation. Their reasoning was that surgery on intersex children was performed without their consent. Now, both of these issues are of great importance; however, it was decided to be outside the scope of this bill, which is deliberately narrow to focus on the one issue of FGM.