Gwahardd taro plant nawr / Act now to ban smacking Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/gwahardd-taro-plant-nawr-act-now-to-ban-smacking.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:00 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Professor Judy Hutchings [Signature #336] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18450154?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:35:53 UTC 18450154 Ms Trudy Aspinwall [Signature #335] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449884?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:13:45 UTC 18449884 Mrs Giselle Moran [Signature #334] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449659?utm_medium=rss Please do not take abackward step in the protection of children. So many children live in fear of physical abuse and deserve protection under the law. All of us have a duty to protect them so they can thrive in environment where their development is not stunted by fear and where they can achieve the best life outcomes.

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:17:48 UTC 18449659 MRS Angela Lewis [Signature #333] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449597?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:01:42 UTC 18449597 mrs Catherine Nicholas [Signature #332] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449507?utm_medium=rss lets ensure that our children are protected, and our future generations safe.

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:38:37 UTC 18449507 Mrs Rhayna Mann [Signature #331] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449341?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:50:56 UTC 18449341 Mrs Lyn Owen-Hughes [Signature #330] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449332?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:47:41 UTC 18449332 mrs menna wyn jones [Signature #329] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449330?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:46:26 UTC 18449330 Ms Caren Brown [Signature #328] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449312?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:41:02 UTC 18449312 Mrs Hayley Reed [Signature #327] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449302?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:38:51 UTC 18449302 Mrs Janet Weaver [Signature #326] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449301?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:38:47 UTC 18449301 Mrs Amber Condy [Signature #325] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449290?utm_medium=rss I believe the Welsh Government should act now to change the law on the physical punishment of children.

Currently parents charged with common assault or battery can legally use the defence in court that their actions were ‘reasonable punishment’. What is reasonable about it????

The National Assembly has advocated for a change in the law for over 12 years - now that the Welsh Government has the power to make that change, it should act.What is stopping you????

The Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill is the right opportunity to change the law.

The Welsh Government must put children’s rights and wellbeing first by acting now.

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:35:38 UTC 18449290 Mrs Charlie Chapman [Signature #324] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449274?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:31:37 UTC 18449274 Mr Christian Webb [Signature #323] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18447916?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:52:14 UTC 18447916 Mrs Angela Bishop [Signature #322] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18447481?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jan 2015 04:10:00 UTC 18447481 dr andrea warlow [Signature #321] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18446976?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:31:41 UTC 18446976 Mr Roger Bishop [Signature #320] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18446941?utm_medium=rss It's time for Wales to take its place alongside the majority of the countries of Europe in banning smacking.

]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:21:22 UTC 18446941 Dr Anne Crowley [Signature #319] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18446831?utm_medium=rss It's time to deliver on the promises made

]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:46:31 UTC 18446831 Ms Elaine Clayton [Signature #318] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18446125?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:06:42 UTC 18446125 Anonymous [Signature #317] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18445516?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jan 2015 04:23:21 UTC 18445516 Dr Katherine Shelton [Signature #316] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18445493?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jan 2015 04:06:16 UTC 18445493 Nell Warner [Signature #315] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18443525?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2015 02:24:15 UTC 18443525 Cllr Richard Cook [Signature #314] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18443237?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:59:59 UTC 18443237 Mr Kevin Lawrence [Signature #313] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18443214?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:53:49 UTC 18443214 Gillian Douglas [Signature #312] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18442879?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:18:44 UTC 18442879 Professor Sally Holland [Signature #311] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18442812?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:00:56 UTC 18442812 Catrin Saunders [Signature #310] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18442744?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:39:56 UTC 18442744 Pat Dunmore [Signature #309] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18442687?utm_medium=rss This is a hugely important issue. Everyday more and more countries are taking action to give children equal protection under the law against physical abuse. It is long overdue for Wales to join them and there should be no further delay.

]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:22:58 UTC 18442687 Miss Ceri Griffiths [Signature #308] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18442626?utm_medium=rss It is appalling and embarrassing that the Welsh government have failed to implement a ban sooner. Yes, smacking was previously the norm but times are changing and we are now aware, more than ever, of the harmful effects of physical punishment and the extreme lack of benefits. While it is important for the government to have the backing of the public, those who are not interested in this field of work, do not have knowledge of the effects and the importance of children's rights. Just like the physical punishment of children in school, and the equality of women, the law needs to change and the public's view will subsequently follow. We will all look back one day and question how we allowed this defence to remain for so long, jeopardising the lives of many innocent children.

]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:01:12 UTC 18442626 Mr Mike Greenaway [Signature #307] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18442292?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:11:08 UTC 18442292 Dr Lorna Price [Signature #306] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18442198?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2015 07:33:16 UTC 18442198 Barnardo's Cymru Barnardo's Cymru [Signature #305] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18426409?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:28:43 UTC 18426409 Dr Alison Sherwood [Signature #304] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18423789?utm_medium=rss Children should always be cared for lovingly and respected by parents, guardians, teachers and other adults.

]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:59:16 UTC 18423789 Miss joann warner [Signature #303] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18421123?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:17:40 UTC 18421123 Mrs Lynne Owen [Signature #302] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18420980?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:02:49 UTC 18420980 Mrs Rachael Lewis [Signature #301] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18419788?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:01:36 UTC 18419788 Ms Julie Morgan [Signature #300] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18419256?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:59:22 UTC 18419256 Christine Chapman [Signature #299] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18395207?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:38:12 UTC 18395207 Anonymous [Signature #298] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18392362?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:23:13 UTC 18392362 Mrs Violet Greaves [Signature #297] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18342794?utm_medium=rss Equality of legal protection from assault should be provided by the state to all human beings which of course should include children. Non-violent problem solving must be promoted to those in authority which of course includes parents.

]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:36:37 UTC 18342794 Mr Richard Hibbs [Signature #296] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18339658?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:18:16 UTC 18339658 Sdim Curo Plant - Children Are Unbeatable Cymru [Signature #295] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18317944?utm_medium=rss This is a human rights imperative and the Assembly has twice voted in favour of reform. For Welsh Government to actively block the realisation of this most fundamental of children's rights as it has done in the last two votes on this issue calls into question the commitment to the UNCRC, human rights and equality. Keep your manifesto promise to fully implement the 'Rights Measure'. Using violence or force to control or punish another person is never OK, whatever their age. Children deserve equal protection.

]]> Thu, 8 Jan 2015 04:47:21 UTC 18317944 Mr Les Jones [Signature #294] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18316888?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jan 2015 02:06:44 UTC 18316888 NSPCC Cymru/ Wales [Signature #293] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18316410?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jan 2015 12:46:32 UTC 18316410 Mr Liam Townsend [Signature #292] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18315386?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jan 2015 08:27:00 UTC 18315386 Mr Ioan Bellin [Signature #291] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18315324?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jan 2015 08:05:35 UTC 18315324 Mr Alun Jones [Signature #290] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18315007?utm_medium=rss The Welsh Government should practice what it preaches and show a bit of backbone.

]]> Thu, 8 Jan 2015 05:37:43 UTC 18315007 Mr Aled Roberts AM [Signature #289] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18314955?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jan 2015 05:03:52 UTC 18314955 Mrs Menna Thomas [Signature #288] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18314866?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jan 2015 03:39:44 UTC 18314866 Mr Gareth Llewellyn [Signature #287] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18314850?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jan 2015 03:28:11 UTC 18314850 Mr Phillip Nifield [Signature #286] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18314824?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jan 2015 02:58:38 UTC 18314824 Ms Vanessa Mordin [Signature #285] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18311388?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Jan 2015 10:46:03 UTC 18311388 Dr Carwyn Tywyn [Signature #284] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18310332?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Jan 2015 04:24:42 UTC 18310332 Anonymous [Signature #283] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18310286?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Jan 2015 03:49:36 UTC 18310286 Dr/Cllr. Jonathan Evans [Signature #282] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18306244?utm_medium=rss It is important that we enact children's rights and afford young people the protection enjoyed by adults.

]]> Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:32:15 UTC 18306244 Ann Hopkins [Signature #281] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18305502?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Jan 2015 07:51:22 UTC 18305502 Janet Felce [Signature #280] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18305375?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Jan 2015 07:15:26 UTC 18305375 Mr David B Lawrence [Signature #279] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18301731?utm_medium=rss I would add a qualifier : that violence does occasionally occur and that parents can be under duress and stress and so lash out, and understanding that this is always going to be the case is not the same thing as legitimising the deliberate use of violence to discipline a child. Passing laws which result in the family involved concealing violence through fear of a legal sanction actually increases the risk of harm to some children.

]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2015 04:30:06 UTC 18301731 Mr Darren Williams [Signature #278] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18299132?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 09:43:01 UTC 18299132 gill nelson [Signature #277] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298984?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 09:07:09 UTC 18298984 Mrs Cecile Gwilym [Signature #276] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298884?utm_medium=rss hitting children is wrong and the law should say so

]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2015 08:48:14 UTC 18298884 Miss Sophie Lewis [Signature #275] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298868?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 08:43:49 UTC 18298868 Ms Vivienne Laing [Signature #274] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298784?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 08:24:54 UTC 18298784 Mrs Annabelle Harle [Signature #273] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298736?utm_medium=rss I don't understand why a child's parents, the people closest to them, the ones they look to for nurture and support, are still allowed to hit them.

]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2015 08:10:58 UTC 18298736 Ruth Harding [Signature #272] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298622?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 07:40:46 UTC 18298622 Ms Marilyn Thomas [Signature #271] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298521?utm_medium=rss As a parent and grandparent, I believe that smacking is completely unnecessary and harmful. We need to give a clear message to children and adults that violence is unacceptable.

There are many ways to set loving boundaries with our children - this is not one of them

]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2015 07:16:27 UTC 18298521 mrs clare lane [Signature #270] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298459?utm_medium=rss Hitting another person, particularly one who is smaller and physically weaker than you is a crime in every single relationship dynamic apart from parent and child relationships.
That cannot be right!

]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2015 06:58:36 UTC 18298459 Tim Ruscoe [Signature #269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298421?utm_medium=rss This debate has been had and won. Government just need to do the right thing and show some clear and decisive leadership that will help prove it has not, contrary to popular belief, lost its way on Human Rights.

]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2015 06:43:40 UTC 18298421 Mrs Diane Daniel [Signature #268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298413?utm_medium=rss Given the support of the Welsh Government for The UNCRC,it makes no sense not to change the law on physical chastisement and physical punishment of children.

]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2015 06:40:33 UTC 18298413 Charlotte Drury [Signature #267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298322?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 06:13:03 UTC 18298322 Miss Rhea Stevens [Signature #266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298294?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 06:04:43 UTC 18298294 Ms Rhian Croke [Signature #265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298289?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 06:03:05 UTC 18298289 Mrs Jane Harries [Signature #264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298280?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jan 2015 05:59:47 UTC 18298280 Ms Eleri Griffiths [Signature #263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18257126?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:25:40 UTC 18257126 Elizabeth Smith [Signature #262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18255696?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Dec 2014 01:10:55 UTC 18255696 Mrs Anna Patey [Signature #261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18251388?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Dec 2014 03:35:19 UTC 18251388 Rebecca Seal-Childs [Signature #260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18250517?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Dec 2014 08:24:42 UTC 18250517 Andrea Storer [Signature #259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18250220?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Dec 2014 04:54:24 UTC 18250220 mrs Anonymous [Signature #258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18250184?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Dec 2014 04:23:05 UTC 18250184 mrs sally anderson [Signature #257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18250124?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Dec 2014 03:30:09 UTC 18250124 Pamela Adams [Signature #256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18250116?utm_medium=rss I am hopeful that if this law is changed and children have more protrection - that the rest of the UK will follow suit

]]> Tue, 9 Dec 2014 03:26:35 UTC 18250116 Miss Sylwia Dalkiewicz [Signature #255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18250113?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Dec 2014 03:22:10 UTC 18250113 miss temmink anneke [Signature #254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18250096?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Dec 2014 02:56:36 UTC 18250096 Dr Gill Turner [Signature #253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18249020?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Dec 2014 04:04:42 UTC 18249020 Anonymous [Signature #252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18247993?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Dec 2014 10:49:44 UTC 18247993 mrs yvette willliams [Signature #251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18247789?utm_medium=rss This is one of the most important actions you can do to protect children in our society.....

]]> Mon, 8 Dec 2014 09:39:39 UTC 18247789 Mr John Clark [Signature #250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18245491?utm_medium=rss Children should know that they cannot be hit EVER. That is how we prevent Rotherham's happening.

]]> Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:43:25 UTC 18245491 Mrs Lucy orton [Signature #249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18238581?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 02:01:55 UTC 18238581 Mrs Emma Creed [Signature #248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18238501?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 01:32:29 UTC 18238501 Miss Maria Carter [Signature #247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18238393?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:46:00 UTC 18238393 Mrs Natalie Jordan [Signature #246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18238347?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:25:52 UTC 18238347 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #245] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18238098?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 10:53:42 UTC 18238098 Lisa Lauritsen [Signature #244] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18237861?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 09:07:04 UTC 18237861 mrs tabitha kaur [Signature #243] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18237639?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 07:32:21 UTC 18237639 Ms Lin Slater [Signature #242] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18237585?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 07:08:56 UTC 18237585 Mrs Mandy George [Signature #241] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18237525?utm_medium=rss If Wales bans smacking maybe the rest of the country will follow suit.

]]> Thu, 4 Dec 2014 06:41:44 UTC 18237525 mr terence hayes [Signature #240] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18237467?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 06:10:04 UTC 18237467 Mrs Louise Fallon [Signature #239] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18237429?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 05:55:59 UTC 18237429 Mrs Holly Olympidis [Signature #238] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18237199?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Dec 2014 03:39:58 UTC 18237199 Mrs Janet Ferro [Signature #237] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18235663?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Dec 2014 01:32:49 UTC 18235663