Smacking reform is condemned

By Annette Rawstrone, Nursery World, 15 July 2004

Child protection campaigners have condemned as unworkable last week's 'half-hearted law reform' which maintains parents' right to lightly smack their children. The House of Lords voted against a proposal to abolish the legal defence of 'reasonable chastisement', following a three- line whip imposed by both the Labour and Conservative parties.

Child protection campaigners have condemned as unworkable last week's 'half-hearted law reform' which maintains parents' right to lightly smack their children. The House of Lords voted against a proposal to abolish the legal defence of 'reasonable chastisement', following a three- line whip imposed by both the Labour and Conservative parties....

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