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Make it illegal for parents to smack children

Submitted by Peter Raymond Sudworth on Thursday 12th December 2024

Published on Friday 28th February 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Thursday 28th August 2025

Current Signatures: 10
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

abuse ~ Children ~ Illegal ~ Injured ~ Smacking

Petition Action

Make it illegal for parents to smack children

Petition Details

We want the government to bring in legislation which prohibits the slapping, hitting and smacking of children.

Additional Information

We feel that too many children are seriously injured both physically and mentally by parental abuse.


If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.

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