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on the same lines as tho Tsoi case, either renrieving
a very blatant case or facing a row in the House of
Commons after the death penalty has been carried out.
As for the third alternative, it leads us to a crisis
with Hong Kong.
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I wonder whether it would hein to nut the
issue to Parliament in the near futurc? You could
make a statement which could then be the subject of
a debate. You could say that Parliament had dealt
with the issue of carital runishment in the UK and in
Northern Ireland. This left one roble, the existence of the death penalty in Hong Kong and a mmber of denendent territories." MG wished to consult the House on this.
The fundamental principle of all debates on this subject
over the last decade had been that it was a matter of
conscience and of free vote. This should guide the
House's consideration of the issue in the denendent
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