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Children: Corporal Punishment

Commons · Question 29165 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 17 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing the notion of reasonable chastisement.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 17 Feb 2025

Violence towards children and abuse of children are never acceptable. There are laws in place to protect children against this.Wales is in the process of reviewing the impact of removing the defence of reasonable chastisement and the UK Government expects...