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Bottomley endorses occasional smack for children

Title
Bottomley endorses occasional smack for children
Genre
Speech
TX Date
2 Dec 1994
Year of production
1994
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Duration
00:00:58
Description
Speech by Health Secretary, Virginia Bottomley to the Conservative Party Women’s Conference in Hammersmith, backing the decision to allow childminders to smack children when they have parental consent as announced in revised guidelines for registered chidminders by junior health minister John Bowis. Follows Sutton Council being taken to court earlier this year by a childminder after refusing her registration because she used corporal punishment.
Contributors
Virginia Bottomley
Keywords
Conservative Party; Political conferences; Women; Conferences; Corporal punishment; Child care; Hammersmith; John Bowis

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