HC Deb 28 March 1983 vol 40 c29W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked 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. Boyson

The 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.