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Anti-smacking group urges action as deadline nears
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
30 September 2008
An anti-smacking campaign group is urging supporters to send postcards to MPs by next Wednesday, when they are due to vote on amendments to the Children and Young Persons Bill.
The Children Are Unbeatable Alliance, comprising more than 400 individuals and organisations, wants people to register at www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk/pressureyourmp.php, and it will send a postcard to their local MP. The campaign is calling for the law on assault to be modernised 'to give children the same protection as adults'. Tony Samphier, campaigns communication consultant, said, 'We have had a fantastic response so far, but we need to keep it up and...
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