§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to impose flogging as a punishment for the increasing crime of blocking railway lines, which endangers the lives of railway workers and passengers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss BaconThe Government fully recognise the seriousness of the recent incidents on the railways, but as my right hon. and learned Friend said in reply to Questions by the hon. Member on 19th November and 17th December, he does not intend to propose legislation to reintroduce corporal punishment as a judicial penalty.