Children: Corporal Punishment
Commons · Question 82085 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 58 of the Children Act 2004, if she will take legislative steps to remove the defence of reasonable punishment for parents.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 4 Nov 2025
The landmark Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, a key part of the government’s Plan for Change, represents the most transformative piece of child protection legislation in a generation, including wholesale reform of the children’s social care system a...