HC Deb 18 April 1967 vol 745 cc71-2W
Mr. Whitaker

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what evidence he has of the effect of corporal punishment upon mentally maladjusted children.

Mr. Crosland

There is a general consensus of informed opinion that the use of corporal punishment in schools for the maladjusted is to be deplored but there is no direct scientific evidence on the matter of which I am aware.

of employees in the House of Commons whose average weekly earnings are below £15, and the pay of such employees five, three and two years ago.

Mr. Crossman

Mr. Whitaker

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement upon the use of corporal punishment upon mentally maladjusted children at a special school at Liverpool.

Mr. Crosland

I have now had the report from the Liverpool Local Education Authority to which I referred in my reply to my hon. Friend on 10th April. It is clear from this that the incident referred to was exceptional. The authority is arranging for the whole question of corporal punishment in all types of school to be reviewed.—[Vol. 744, c.139.]