ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen today urged Yes Vote Campaign’s Deborah Morris-Travers to vote ‘No’ in the anti-smacking referendum given her public admission today that she doesn’t want to see ordinary parents ‘prosecuted for inconsequential physical punishment on children.
“On NewstalkZB today Mrs Morris-Travers also said ‘no one wants to see that kind of prosecution …
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Vote No for Conscience Sake
Tuesday, August 11, 2009Exercise Your Democratic Right
Thursday, July 30, 2009Good parents are being criminalised and children are still being killed as a result of horrendous physical abuse – it is time for this miscarriage of justice to end, ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen said today.
“My Crimes (Reasonable Parental Control and Correction) Amendment Private Member’s Bill will amend the flawed anti-smacking law and remove …
In Parents We Trust
Thursday, June 18, 2009ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen today expressed disappointment at Prime Minister John Key’s announcement that, regardless of the result of the upcoming anti-smacking referendum, there would be no change to the law.
“It is unfair for Mr Key to make such a dismissive statement before the referendum has even been held. Referendums are an important …
Amendment to Fix Broken Anti-Smacking Law
Thursday, March 19, 2009ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen today announced that he will introduce a Private Member’s Bill to amend the controversial Anti-Smacking law inflicted on New Zealanders by Labour and the Greens in 2007.
“My announcement coincides with yesterday’s release of a poll that shows widespread support for the law to be altered,” Mr Boscawen said.
“This poll, …