Doctors in England are calling for a complete legal ban on smacking children.
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00:00And in England, doctors are calling for a complete ban on hitting children.
00:05The World College of Pediatrics and Child Health is calling on the government to amend the law,
00:11which currently allows smacking when it amounts to a reasonable punishment.
00:17There is no evidence that smacking has any positive effect on a child's well-being.
00:23The Department for Education said the government had no plans to change the law.
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