No Plans To Ban Smacking Children In England, Says Cabinet Minister

Bridget Phillipson on BBC Breakfast.

There are no plans to ban smacking children in England, according to a senior minister.

Dame Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, has urged Labour to follow Scotland and Wales in outlawing the practice.

But on BBC Breakfast this morning, education secretary Bridget Phillipson said there was no immediate prospect of the UK government doing the same.

She was speaking as she unveiled the children’s wellbeing and schools bill...