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To smack or not to smack moves to the House of Lords

This week in the House of Lords:
A group of teachers and parents representing independent schools in Merseyside spearheaded by Phil Williamson, head teacher of a Liverpool school will challenge the Court of Appeal ruling a year ago that ruled against the resurrection of corporal punishment. The gourp claim it is the philosophy of the Bible to sanction the smacking of children who misbehave. The Court of Appeal said there was “a significant degree of unclarity as to the basis upon which corporal punishment is inflicted and disagreement as to its implementation in practice.”