§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has received any representations regarding the danger to children of asphyxiation and death from accidentally swallowing a pen top; and whether he has considered steps to seek to ban pen tops from schools.
§ Mrs. RumboldI have not received any representations on this matter, but the media coverage of one recent tragic accident will have served to alert both parents and teachers to the risks involved when pen tops or other objects are put in the mouth.