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STO - Records of the Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment (STOPP)
- 5 - Lobbying

StorageSite	UCL Institute of Education
Level	File
Reference Number	STO/5/13
Title	'Between Campbell and Cosans ruling and consultative document February 1982-July 1983'
Date	1982-1983
Description	Correspondence and papers regarding the UK government's policy on corporal punishment after the European Court on Human Rights judgement on the Campbell and Cosans Vs UK case on 25th February 1982 which stated that parents should be able to exempt their children from the administering of corporal punishment. Includes: STOPP's comments on 'coporal punishment in schools: a consultative document' issued by the Department of Education and Science (DES) and the Welsh Office Education Department on 28th July 1983 STOPP press notices Letter from Rhodes Boyson Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (DES) to David Alton regarding the government's policy, 22 May 1982 Letters from STOPP to the major teaching unions encouraging them to support STOPP's campaign Letters to Secretary of State for Education Sir Keith Joseph, and George Younger Secretary of State for Education Scottish Office with some replies Correspondence regarding individual cases of corporal punishment - mainly copies of correspondence with Local Education Authorities forwarded onto Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Newspaper cuttings regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools throughout the UK Correspondence from Neil Kinnock regarding an oral question asked about corporal punishment by Kinnock in the House of Commons
Extent	1 folder
AccessStatus	Restricted access
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