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MPs should debate a reintroduction of corporal punishment for non-custodial offenders between 12 and 18 years old, to be controlled by Magistrates Courts and administered by police forces, to punish anti-social behaviour, thieving, various assaults and rioting.

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Date submitted 12 August 2011
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