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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sam Blewett

Education Secretary vows ‘tougher guidelines’ after Child Q’s strip-searching

PA Wire

“Much tougher guidelines” will be introduced in response to the “hugely distressing” strip-searching of the black schoolgirl referred to as Child Q, the Education Secretary has vowed.

Nadhim Zahawi said on Sunday he will set out a new policy “very soon” in response to the “appalling” incident after the 15-year-old was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis at her east London school.

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