Scottish Friends welcome smacking ban

Quakers in Scotland have welcomed the news that Scotland has made it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children

by Rebecca Hardy 18th October 2019

Quakers in Scotland are celebrating the news that Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Eighty-four MSPs voted in favour of banning outright the physical punishment of children in Scotland, after the Members’ Bill was lodged by the Scottish Green Party MSP John Finnie and supported by the Scottish National Party government.