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We oppose plans to criminalise parents who smack their children.

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Limited evidence so far suggests that concerns raised about Scotland's smacking ban before it was passed have proved accurate.

Almost six years on, the Scottish public deserves to know the full extent of its impact.
https://t.co/PleTcpR3ls

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Scotland deserves the same scrutiny. That's why @christianorguk is calling for a review of the legislation. 3/3 https://t.co/T4K36neneP

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This November marks six years since Scotland’s smacking ban came into force – removing the defence of reasonable punishment and exposing ordinary, loving parents to the risk of criminal prosecution. 1/3

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A similar ban came into force in Wales 16 months later, and a report has already been published on its impact, revealing concerning effects on parents and local authorities. 2/3

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“Rather than the law focusing on parents who are actually abusing their children

we’re forcing the police and social services to invest time in families where… mum has done nothing more than tap the tot on the back of the hand” @bbc5live
https://t.co/foCzGheIUh

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The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has today called for an English smacking ban. Its officer for child protection said it’s “time for this Victorian-era punishment to go”.

Speaking on @LBC, Simon Calvert responded to the claims... 🧵(1/4)

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Following renewed calls from the Children’s Commissioner to outlaw smacking “as a matter of urgency”

– will the Labour Government try to ban smacking?

Here's what Cabinet members have said so far👇
https://t.co/K2c2j23Fu4

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“A senior government source said ministers were ‘looking carefully at Wales and Scotland’ but declined to say whether a smacking ban would be in the Bill.”
@dailytelegraph #smacking

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Be Reasonable’s Simon Calvert debates journalist Hilary Freeman about a smacking ban on @GBNEWS

“We should be supporting good parents, not patronising them and terrifying them with a criminal law”
https://t.co/9tBgSt0TxN

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(2/2) Be Reasonable's Simon Calvert: "When the Welsh Govt was debating this, they admitted that changing the law would mean that a mum who straps an uncooperative toddler into a car seat would be breaking the law." #smackingban

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Be Reasonable on @bbcradio2: England & NI must reject activist calls for smacking bans (1/2)
https://t.co/5uMOj4ACxu

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"In Scotland the day the law changed the Govt issued guidance which says if you see a parents smack a child dial 999... It is most definitely about criminalising parents."

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Smacking ban "is most definitely about criminalising parents" @TimesRadio

Be Reasonable's Simon Calvert responds to activist report calling for smacking bans in England and Northern Ireland.
https://t.co/IPqLqdNyde

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As the smacking ban legislation was making its way through the Scottish Parliament, politicians repeatedly claimed it wasn’t about criminalising parents.

But documents obtained through FOI requests to Scottish councils paints a very different picture.
https://t.co/ao2ADh7gU7

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Mail On Sunday: As Ministers reject an outright smacking ban, does giving your naughty child a short sharp smack tantamount to child abuse https://t.co/q1K97OiqLB via @MailOnline

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Last week @AshleyAFrawley spoke to Kevin O'Sullivan on @TalkTV about why the Westminster Government is right to reject calls for a smacking ban in England >>> https://t.co/1Cniw35aAB

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Latest press release: Be Reasonable welcomes UK Government’s decision to reject calls to criminalise parents who smack https://t.co/fRQZiXmW21

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Top lawyer: Parents could face ‘traumatic’ police investigations under smacking ban https://t.co/HkcBEHDg4b

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Welsh Govt says police made 55 referrals to 'out-of-court parenting classes' in the first 6 months of the smacking ban | https://t.co/IjFai7sVWX @WalesOnline

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Our spokesman commented: “Ordinary hard-working Welsh people will be horrified at the amount of their money the Government is throwing at the smacking ban when we are in the midst of the worst cost of living crisis in living memory.” https://t.co/gQBKs67Nh8