Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All four of the UK’s children’s commissioners have previously jointly called for a wholesale smacking ban (PA) The failure to ...
Proposals to make smacking children illegal have been dropped from new laws making their way through the Northern Ireland Assembly. Some say a ban would have offered young people legal protection ...
The warning follows an amendment to the current Justice Bill, tabled by Alliance MLA Michelle Guy, which aims to ban smacking of children - which is currently lawful if considered "reasonable ...
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The failure to outlaw smacking in England and Northern Ireland has been branded a "huge missed opportunity and deeply disappointing" by researchers, who warn that physical punishment is linked to ...