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powers of the British Government and Privy Council in these cases.
Mr. Blaker: The information is as follows:
(a) Belize
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(b) In Belize three men have been sentenced to death for murder and a fourth has been
similarly sentenced on second re-trial. Appeal is pending in all four cases. Three men in the British Virgin Islands and one in the Turks and Caicos Islands are held for trial on capital charges.
(c) The exercise of the Crown's prerogative of mercy is delegated to governors, although Her Majesty has a residual power, on the advice of Her Majesty's Government, to exercise the prerogative of mercy. When there has been an appeal to the local court of appeal in a capital case in a dependent territory, a further appeal lies to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. However, this can only be done with special leave, as the committee is not a court of criminal appeal.
Angola
Mr. Deakins asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will raise in the United Nations as a threat to world peace the South African incursions into Angola.
Mr. Luce: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Mr. Hooley).
Zimbabwe
Mr. Paul Dean asked the Lord Privy Seal what was the total cost to the United Kingdom of the supervision of the cease- fire election in Zimbabwe following the Lancaster House conference.
Mr. Luce: The total estimated cost to the United Kingdom of the supervision of the ceasefire and election in Zimbabwe is £23-5 million.
The total includes the cost of the governor and his staff, but excludes the costs of any Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence career per- sonnel involved during the period of the settlement.
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Mr. Kilroy-Silk asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons are detained in penal establishments in Scot- land who were sentenced by courts out- side the United Kingdom, broken down by country or territory of origin and by length of sentence; and what are the corresponding figures for each of the last five years.
Mr. Rifkind: Two persons sentenced by courts outside the United Kingdom are at present detained in Scottish penal establishments. Both were sentenced in Jersey. One is serving borstal training and the other a prison sentence of 18 months. Four other prisoners at present in Scottish prisons were sentenced by courts-martial held in West Germany. Corresponding figures for each of the last five years could not be provided with- out disproportionate cost.
Departmental Circular 1053
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received regarding SED circular 1053.
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Mr. Alexander Fletcher: Representa- tions about the size of the flexibility factor in primary school staffing have been received from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, the General Teaching Council for Scotland, the Educational Institute of Scotland and several other bodies.
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Education (Parental Choice)
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if the proposed parents' charter" will allow parents the right to insist that their children be taught a Scottish certificate of education subject in the school of their catchment area rather than be forced to accept the transfer of pupils to another school; (2) what provisions exist to allow parents to have their children study Scottish certificate of education subjects at the appropriate school in their catchment area rather than see them transferred to another school because of a lack of teachers in those particular Scottish certificate of education subjects.
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