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| 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:
Department of Education and Science (DES) and Scottish Office press notices
Copies from parliamentary debates
Copy of DES consultative document 'Corporal Punishment in Schools' which set out the government's proposal on implementing the ECHR's ruling
Responses to the DES consultative document from the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), British Psychological Society, Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association, Professional Association of Teachers, Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children, Association of County Councils, National Confederation Parent-Teacher Association, Society of Education Officers, National Union of Teachers (NUT), British Association of Social Workers, Association of Metropolitan Authorities, the Campaign for Mentally Handicapped People
Satement by the National Children's Bureau on corporal punishment in schools and child care institutions
Papers from various Local Education Authorities (LEAs) documenting their response to DES paper 'Corporal Punishment in Schools'
Newspaper cuttings
NAS/UWT report on corporal punishment
Policy statement on corporal punishment by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Policy statement on corporal punishment by the British Paediatric Association
Letters from STOPP to the Council of Europe regarding the UK government's lack of active response to the ECHR ruling
Consultative document on corporal punishment in schools in Northern Ireland, produced by the Northern Ireland Assembly
Correspondence with Rhodes Boyson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the DES and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the financial costs of retaining the use of corporal punishment in schools
Local Education Authority papers recording their policies on corporal punishment and responses to the DES consultative document
Correspondence with Stephen Sedley QC of Cloisters including an opinion statement by Sedley dated 11 October 1983
Correspondence between STOPP and Tony Newton, Minister for the Disabled, Department of Health and Social Security, regarding the use of corporal punishment in community homes
List of unions and professional organisations stating their position on the use of corporal punishment in schools |