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Yes, I agree with you that there is a danger in all-embracing legislation and I would go for answer 2). However, I would also argue that William Gibson should still be included on the register as his case was a clear abuse of authority and responsibility. It's not even as though he can really claim that he was young and naïeve at the age of 34, is it? They weren't even close in age - in a case of say, a 22 year old NQT falling for a 17 or 18 year old you could understand it happening as they are so close in age. Once you get to 15 year olds though, and teachers in their 30s, it's a whole new ball game for me, I'm afraid.

[QUOTE="Shadow Leader, post: 2068598, member: 65043"] Yes, I agree with you that there is a danger in all-embracing legislation and I would go for answer 2). However, I would also argue that William Gibson [i]should[/i] still be included on the register as his case was a clear abuse of authority and responsibility. It's not even as though he can really claim that he was young and naïeve at the age of 34, is it? They weren't even close in age - in a case of say, a 22 year old NQT falling for a 17 or 18 year old you could understand it happening as they are so close in age. Once you get to 15 year olds though, and teachers in their 30s, it's a whole new ball game for me, I'm afraid. [/QUOTE]

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