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Childminders stand firm in controversy
By James Tweed,
Nursery World,
29 November 2001
Childminders in England have rejected the Government's decision to let them smack the children they care for and smoke in their presence with parents' permission. At the National Childminding Association (NCMA) conference and annual general meeting in Blackpool, childminders from all over England and Wales endorsed a resolution calling on the NCMA national executive to continue to campaign for the Government to delete permission to smack and smoke from the national standards for under-eights daycare and childminding in England. The resolution was carried by 499 votes, with 524 votes for, 15 against and five abstentions.
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