HC Deb 31 October 1983 vol 47 c245W
Mr. Bermingham

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will now introduce legislation to ban corporal punishment in maintained schools.

Mr. John Stradling Thomas

No. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Ryder) on 28 July 1983 by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science in which he explained the Government's plans in relation to corporal punishment.—[Vol. 46, c.547.]