MP: 'Cinderella Law' will help catch neglect
Making emotional cruelty to children a criminal offence would help catch parents and carers who neglect children, a Conservative MP has said.
Robert Buckland said the law needed updating as non-physical abuse, ranging from ignoring children to terrorising them, could cause children "significant harm."
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Breakfast, he insisted the "Cinderella Law" would not target "nasty" parents, but criminal behaviour:
31 Mar 2014
- From the section UK