TNAG-0487-FCO40-552-Review-of-death-sentence-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 11

1

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for ORAL answer..... 10 July 1974

HK + 10 Depe

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

Non Janday

8

July.

*C Mr Hal Miller (Bromsgrove and Redditch): To ask

the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs, what representations he has received about the enforcement of the death penalty in Hong Kong; and whether he will make a statement on the policy of HMG in this regard.

I have recently discussed this question with the Governor. He told me that opinion in Hong Kong strongly favours the use of the death penalty in extreme cases. The Prerogative of Mercy is delegated to the Governor,

to be considered in each case as it arises.

(15197) Dd.737735 4m 5/71 G.W.B.Ltd. Gp.863