Banning Smacking in England: A Shift Towards Child Protection
England has not banned smacking whereas it has been in Scotland and Wales. It was banned in Scotland on 7th November 2020 and 21st March 2022 in Wales. In Scotland this was a revision of The Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Act 2019 the law change removed the “reasonable chastisement”. In wales, (Abolition of Defence of …
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