YES - Carolyne Willow, national co-ordinator, Children's Rights Alliance for England
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights gives children the right to respect for private and family life. Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children the right to have their views given "due weight". There are two issues here. One is whether random drug testing in schools is a proportionate response to concerns about drug misuse. The other is about respect for the child's views. Children don't seem to have been consulted at all.
YES - David Butler, chief executive, National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations Of course drug testing in schools will impinge on pupils' civil liberties.
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