NSPCC Northern Ireland has called on the political parties to get back to the table and work together to ban physical punishment of children here.
The call to action comes on the one-year anniversary of the introduction of equal protection in Wales, which made any type of corporal punishment, including smacking, hitting, slapping, and shaking, illegal.
Changing the law would also bring Northern Ireland in line with over 60 other countries, including Scotland and the Republic of Ireland.
