United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 12407
Corporal Punishment
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4 February 2020
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10 February 2020 · Answer
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10 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his Department's policy to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of corporal punishment in the home.
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4 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his Department's policy to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of corporal punishment in the home.
Source: Commons
10 February 2020
Answer
The government has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban parents from using physical punishment to chastise their child.The government does not wish to interfere in how loving families bring up their children. Legislation already exists t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-04/12407
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1176098
- uk · wq-1176098 · source updated 10 February 2020