Proceeding contribution from William Cash (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Children, Schools and Families Bill.

Children, Schools and Families Bill

New clause 10 states:""Only a person with parental responsibility for a child within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989 can justify battery of the child on the ground that it constituted reasonable punishment."" I may have missed something that the hon. Lady has just said, but I understood her to say that all the people whom she listed should be totally prohibited from carrying out any kind of physical punishment. Surely""Only a person with parental responsibility"" means that those with parental responsibility would indeed be able to carry out such actions. I think that the hon. Lady is faced with a slight dilemma, or contradiction. Perhaps she could explain her position.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 506 c196
Session: 2009-10
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Complaints Children Disclosure of information Accountability Corporal punishment Homosexuality Exemptions Faith schools Family courts Family law Judgements Family proceedings Protection Parents Pupils Media Offences against children Personal, social, health and economic education Standards Schools Witnesses Reviews Social work Local Government Ombudsman Teaching methods Haringey Doncaster Local safeguarding children boards Relationships and sex education
Legislation: Children, Schools and Families Bill 2009-10
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Children, Schools and Families Bill

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