§ 25. Mr. Thorneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is her policy in regard to corporal punishment in State schools.
§ Miss Margaret Jackson:I am opposed to the use of corporal punishment and hope to see its disappearance from all maintained schools in this country. My Department last year consulted a wide 109W range of interested bodies to determine whether there is any common ground on this question, and I recently chaired a series of informal discussions involving a number of those who responded to the consultative document. We are now considering the position in the light of all the views which have been expressed.