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Children, Schools and Families Bill

I want to confine my remarks to new clause 10, and the issue of reasonable punishment. With respect to the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole (Annette Brooke), I have to say that I found her explanation somewhat confusing. She started out by invoking the Secretary of State and his statements in the context of a letter from Sir Roger Singleton, which will be followed up by a review, saying that the Secretary of State—he is sitting on the Front Bench now, so he can correct me, and the hon. Lady, if he was misrepresented—said that the use of physical punishment was wrong, and that there should be none in schools at all. I do not know whether he wants to take the opportunity to confirm whether that is the correct analysis of what he has in mind. He is sitting there, but he is not listening—