9. Debate on the General Principles of the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 7:28 pm on 17 September 2019.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 7:28, 17 September 2019

I'm very grateful for your giving way. I just wanted to touch on this issue of consistency with human rights obligations. Of course, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child talks about physical and mental violence, not just physical violence. Given that we've heard, and everyone seems to accept, the evidence that also confining a child to a room or shouting and screaming in their face or ignoring the child can also cause harm to a child, why isn't the Government legislating on this, do you think? There's no consistency, is there?