§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, in view of the European Court of Human Rights' award against the British Government of £12,000 to a pupil who refused to be caned, if he will introduce measures to abolish corporal punishment in schools.
§ Dr. BoysonThe Government are still considering all the implications of the judgment which, in itself, was not directed at the general abolition of corporal punishment in schools.