Rightly, the Department for Education and Skills recently defended the legal protection of children from corporal punishment in schools. Meanwhile, absurdly, childminders are allowed to hit children with written parental permission - but only in England.
In November, the Government portrayed its inaction to protect children as 'common sense' by refusing to do away with the archaic legal defence of 'reasonable chastisement' in England and Wales. However, in the Government's own words, 'nearly all' the professional child protection organisations which submitted evidence to the consultation supported changing the law to protect children from being hit, just as adults are protected.
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