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Nursery World, 15 November 2001

'It is scandalous that the Government has ignored the view of virtually every child protection and health professional in the country. The Dickensian idea of reasonable chastisement has no place in a modern civilised society. Children should enjoy the same legal protection from being hit as adults. Anything less puts them at risk.' Mary Marsh, director of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

'It is scandalous that the Government has ignored the view of virtually every child protection and health professional in the country. The Dickensian idea of reasonable chastisement has no place in a modern...

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