§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the impact on the Government's policy on the consultative document on corporal punishment in schools of the ruling of the European Commission of Human Rights on the admissibility of a complaint from an English mother about the punishment of her daughter.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe Commission's formal decision in the case to which the hon. Member refers is still awaited. When received it will be carefully considered in relation to the facts of the case.