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Mims Davies Excerpts
Monday 7th March 2016

(8 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I think Birkenhead was the place the Secretary of State had in mind.

Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies (Eastleigh) (Con)
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Given the strong link, in some cases, between early-age cannabis use and future mental health issues, what is the Minister’s assessment of efforts by schools to tackle and deter illegal drug use?

Sam Gyimah Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Mr Sam Gyimah)
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The Government have taken steps to tackle behaviour and discipline in schools, and teachers’ powers to search pupils for prohibited items, including illegal drugs, have been strengthened. They have the power to discipline pupils for misbehaviour and to confiscate, retain or dispose of a pupil’s property as a disciplinary penalty where reasonable to do so. A school’s behaviour policy should set out its approach to confiscating prohibited items.