§ 101. Mr. F. Noel-Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Penal Code of the Sudan has yet been amended to restrict flogging, in civil cases, to offences for which flogging would be administered in Britain.
Mr. McNeilIn conformity with the policy of reducing flogging by criminal courts as quickly as possible with a view to eventual abolition the Sudanese Government are considering proposals to restrict flogging and whipping to juvenile and young adult offenders.