But 90 per cent believe Labour peers should have been allowed a free vote on a total ban. In the Lords last week they were only allowed to vote freely on an amendment by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Lester to the Children Bill that would allow parents to still use the defence of reasonable chastisement in cases of common assault.
Children Now has been given exclusive early access to the survey of 1,007 people aged 16 and above, by independent research agency BMRB. It found that only two per cent thought a ban would very easy to enforce, and five per cent said it would be "fairly easy".
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