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Make smacking a child a specific offence

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closedOpened 9 October 2025Closed 9 April 2026

Background

I want the government or parliament to ban parents from smacking a child as this shouldn't be an acceptable form of punishment.

Where it’s popular

Constituencies with the most signatures on this petition.

TorbaySteve Darling
4
Sheffield HeeleyLouise Haigh
4
Sheffield South EastMr Clive Betts
3
Calder ValleyJosh Fenton-Glynn
2
Skipton and RiponSir Julian Smith
2
Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkNeil Coyle
2
Wyre ForestMark Garnier
2
Torridge and TavistockSir Geoffrey Cox
2
BridgendChris Elmore
2
Blackpool SouthChris Webb
1
Chatham and AylesfordTristan Osborne
1
Blackpool North and FleetwoodLorraine Beavers
1
ChichesterJess Brown-Fuller
1
Chipping BarnetDan Tomlinson
1
Beckenham and PengeLiam Conlon
1
BroxbourneLewis Cocking
1
Coventry SouthZarah Sultana
1
Brentford and IsleworthRuth Cadbury
1
Birmingham Hall Green and MoseleyTahir Ali
1
Coventry EastMary Creagh
1

Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 742211.