A piece of legislation called the Legislative Competence Order (LCO) onVulnerable Children will, if passed in Westminster, provide the NationalAssembly for Wales with new powers to make legislation on a range ofissues effecting vulnerable children and young people. Children in Waleswere among the voluntary organisations hoping that the new legislationmight provide the National Assembly for Wales with the powers to bansmacking.
Lucy Akhtar, development officer for parenting at Children in Walessaid: "All human beings have the right not to be hit and the UnitedNations Convention on the Rights of the Child reminds us that childrenand young individuals are people too and that they share this right.
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