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in the United Kingdom need to take into account the following
factors:
(a) Parliamentary opinion in the United Kingdom;
(b)
Public opinion in the United Kingdom;
(c) Possible changes in UK law effecting capital
(a)
punishment in Northern Ireland;
The opinion of elected members in legislatures in
dependent territories;
(e) Public opinion in dependent territories;
(f) The relevance of considerations in the United Kingdom
resulting in changes in the law for Northern Ireland
to totally different circumstances in dependent
territories;
(g) The limitations on HMG's ability to direct policy
in internal matters in dependent territories;
(h) All dependent territories are not in the same
constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom.
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