THE UK’s children’s commissioners want a wholesale smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif’s legacy.
They say the current situation with a legal defence in some home nations is “outdated and morally repugnant”;.
Wales made all corporal punishment, including .
Scotland introduced a .
But it is not totally outlawed in and Northern Ireland.
The Children Act 2004 says it is unlawful to hit your child, except where it is “reasonable punishment”;, and this is judged case-by-case.
, Surrey, led to renewed calls for a UK-wide ban.
He father Urfan told police he and beat her “too much”;. He and Sara’s stepmum were jailed for life.
Children’s Commissioner for England said: “Let this be Sara’s legacy, that all children in the are given the same protection as anyone else.”;
The commissioners of all four UK home nations made their pleas as the Children’s Well-being and Bill was yesterday set for its second reading in the Lords.
