"Emma, if the 'penalty' for having a mobile phone had been death, would you still agree to the 'sentence' being carried out, purely because 'we have to be seen to be obeying the rules'??????"

Another question Lizzie when you didn't have the courtesy to answer mine? -

'I have answered your question; may I in return ask if you believe children should be allowed to bring anything they want into their school?'

- actually I have always opposed capital punishment - recent experience on the jury of a murder trial has convinced me I was justified in this view