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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/5/16
Title
'October 1985 onwards'
Date
1985-1986
Description
Comprises correspondence and papers regarding the government's policy on corporal punishment after the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in February 1982 which stated that parents could oppose to their children receiving corporal punishment. Most of the file relates to the action taken by STOPP on the fourth anniversary of the ruling
'Implications of the European Court Ruling'
Correspondence with the Department of Education and Science regarding government policy
Newspapers cuttings
STOPP press notices
Letters sent to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
DES publication 'Better Schools a summary' issued March 1985
Letters to various MPs with a small number of replies including from David Alton and Dafydd Elis Thomas
Copies from parliamentary debates (Hansard)
Extent
1 folder
AccessStatus
Open
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