§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to require each local education authority to maintain and publish regularly registers of violent assaults by pupils or parents against teachers; and if he will provide a working definition of an assault for this purpose.
§ Dr. BoysonThe incidence and nature of assaults on teachers are rightly matters of concern for local education authorities. My right hon. Friend has no power to make a requirement on the lines proposed.