§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will issue a direction to all approved schools in the United Kingdom not to use the cane for an experimental period of six months.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsMy policy is to phase out the use of corporal punishment in approved schools in England and Wales, but I do not think that the abrupt withdrawal of discretion to use it would be appropriate.