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Mr Ridley may wish to minute to his colleagues and to
the Secretary of State, giving them a chance to express their
views. The Prime Minister and certain Cabinet Ministers should
also be informed (ie the Secretaries of State for Defence and the
Home Department and the Lord Chancellor). Besides his general
interest in the question of capital punishment in the United
Kingdom, the Home Secretary will need to bear in mind that any
move to abolish capital punishment in the Dependent Territories
might attect the position of the Channel Islands and the Isle of
Man where the death penalty is at present retained.
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R D Clift
10 November 1980
Hong Kong and General Department
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PS/Mr Hurd
PS/Mr Blaker
PS/PUS
Mr Rushford, Legal Advisers
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Mr Deare, WIAD
Mr Payne, MCD
Mr Munro, POD Mr Fearn, SAMD
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