Thank you. I'll go on with my own story. I was adopted as a baby and throughout my childhood and as a young adult I was both physically and emotionally abused by my adoptive mother. My adoptive father did not take part but he did allow it to happen. Nobody noticed. The punches were in places where bruises are not visible, and my very long hair grew back after it was yanked out when I was pulled out of bed, downstairs for my nightly beatings. I was informed that if I told anyone I would get worse than I'd had already. This, though, was my normality at that time, and, from my own real-life experience I know there is a night-and-day difference between abuse and a smack. It is abusers like my parents who need to feel the full weight of the law, not loving parents. I will not repeat here all of the obvious practical issues with the implementation and policing of this policy as other Members have stated them. I would much prefer that precious police time, social services' and court resources are spent tackling child abuse and not chasing after parents who have administered a tap on the legs.

We hear every week in this Chamber just how stretched our services are, how austerity has impacted, and yet Welsh Labour now want to add to those pressures with this madness. The Welsh public do not want members of the Welsh Government to sit on their sofa, help themselves to their biscuits and use the last of their hot water. Get out of their lives and focus on creating a culture of mutual respect, personal choice and personal responsibility. This is no more than a nanny state invasion of privacy and the biggest single act of virtue signalling I have ever seen in my whole life.