Consultation on the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill
Tystiolaeth i’r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg ar gyfer craffu Cyfnod 1 Bil Plant (Diddymu Amddiffyniad Cosb Resymol) (Cymru) |
Evidence submitted to the Children, Young People and Education Committee for Stage 1 scrutiny of the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill |
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CADRP-516 |
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Child abuse is currently illegal and therefore the law as it stands already protects children from violence.
Giving children a gentle smack is not child abuse and the results of a ComRes poll in 2017 which showed that 76% of Welsh adults were against criminalising smacking, substantiates this view.
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No.
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Police and social workers would have added workloads investigating potential breaches of the new legislation. This will put increased pressure on already overstretched public services.
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Some loving parents may be subjected to unwarranted intrusion into their families needlessly and this could actually do harm to the children in those families rather than protect them.
Children need to be trained and guided and smacking is just one aspect of this. Removing the option of giving a gentle smack or even warning that certain behaviour will result in a smack could result in a greater increase in anti-social behaviour than we have already.
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