8. Debate: Stage 4 of the Children (Abolition of the Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:46 pm on 28 January 2020.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 6:46, 28 January 2020

Yes. Ultimately, your constituents, our families and the voters will be the judges of that.

I will promise the Welsh public this today: my colleagues and I will be closely monitoring this situation in the years to come, and if this Bill doesn't work, if this places law-abiding parents at a disadvantage, if this places untold pressure on already overstretched social services, and if this places more children in looked-after care, we will listen to of the people of Wales, and I personally—