Tuesday, 20 March 2007

20 March 2007 - Feilding Herald - MP to vote no on no-smacking

20 March 2007 - Feilding Herald - MP to vote no on no-smacking
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/3999328a20379.html

MP to vote no on no-smacking
Feilding Herald | Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Rangitikei MP Simon Power will vote against Sue Bradford's "no- smacking" bill when it comes back for a third reading in Parliament in May.


He says he has spent the past two or three months getting feedback from the electorate, speaking to police, church ministers, social workers, teachers, parents and retailers.

"This is an extremely difficult issue. I have been deeply concerned about the way some of our children are treated.

"Equally, I went into politics to make the state's role smaller in families, not larger."

Mr Power says that, in the eight years he has been in Parliament, this is one of the hardest issues he has had to deal with.

"But in the end, I trust the families of Rangitikei, and not the state, to raise our children."

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