However, “there is absolutely no right to use physical violence as part of respect for private and family life.”Official Report, 7 March, col. 4 Nora Uhrig, Equality and Human Rights Commission, confirmed, “People have the right to family life, but that right does not include a right to use physical punishment.”Official Report, 7 March, col. 24
On a perceived tension between the rights of children and adults, Joanna Barrett, Children 1st/Barnardo’s/NSPCC, explained that “rather than children’s and parents’ rights being in conflict, they are actually totally complementary…The job of adults, Parliament and society is to realise children’s rights.”Official Report, 7 March, col. 4 Fraser Sutherland, Humanist Society Scotland, agreed, pointing out “Parents are guardians of their children’s rights; they are not arbitrators of what rights those children should enjoy.”Official Report, 15 March, col. 19
However, James Gillies, Christian Institute told us “children, parents and adults have different legal standing in existing law,”Official Report, 15 March, col. 2 while the Rev.