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Oral Answers to Questions — Birching Sentence (Boys)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 November 1947.

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Photo of Sub-Lieutenant Herschel Austin Sub-Lieutenant Herschel Austin , Stretford 12:00, 27 November 1947

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether in regard to two boys, aged ten and eleven years, respectively, birched by order of the Manchester Juvenile Court, he will state the reasons for their recent further appearance in court, the findings of the court, and the treatment meted out to these boys.

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