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A smacking ban could have been imposed years ago – and saved children’s lives | Letters
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Letters: More than 800 children have been killed since my amendment to the Children’s Act was rejected in 2004, says David Hinchliffe. Plus a letter from Sharman Finlay

, usually at the hands of a parent or carer. This appalling level of mortality most likely understates the actual figure but is undoubtedly directly connected to the fact that we have historically afforded children less protection in law.

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