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'Smacking children ban' leaves Mirror readers divided after Rishi Sunak rules out law change

Rishi Sunak has refused to amend the 'reasonable punishment' defence of the Children Act 2004, so we asked Mirror readers if they think smacking children should be banned

Smacking a child is just an act of violence. Why do England and Northern Ireland still allow it? | Frances Ryan

It is perverse that adults are legally protected from violence, yet striking a child can be defended. Calls for a ban are getting louder, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Clarity in the law is needed to stop physical punishment of children

Removing the “reasonable punishment” defence and prohibiting corporal punishment of children can help to reduce family violence, says Andrew Rowland In England and Northern Ireland, we have a key opportunity to give children the equal protection from assault that they need, deserve, and are entitled to as a matter of international children’s rights law. A new Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) report, “Equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland,” sets out the case for the legislative change to remove the “reasonable punishment” defence and to prohibit all physical punishment of children.1 Changing the law around physical punishment could help protect children against abuse and could protect and promote their health, wellbeing, and early development. Wales, Scotland, and over 60 other states around the world have already taken the necessary steps to prohibit physical punishment (as far back as 1979 in Sweden’s case). Yet in England and Northern Ireland the laws around physical punishment as they stand are unjust and dangerously vague. They create a grey area in which some forms of physical punishment may be lawful and some are …

Northern Ireland pediatricians: End child smacking laws

Pediatricians are urging Northern Ireland's politicians to remove the 'reasonable punishment defence' for the physical punishment of children from law.

Doctors call for urgent law change on smacking children

Rishi Sunak rejects calls to ban parents from smacking their kids in England and Northern Ireland

Senior child doctors have called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to strengthen the laws on smacking as they say 'grey areas' mean parents can defend physical punishment

Child smacking: all 70 countries that have banned the practice

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Strawn Celia (Sally) Louise Strawn passed peacefully at her home on September 4, 2023 surrounded by family and friends following a prolonged illness. She was 82 years old. Her memorial

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