TNAG-0488-FCO40-553-Review-of-death-sentence-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 143

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for ORAL answer...... 10 July 1974.

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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 peralty in Hong Kong; and whether he will make a statement on the policy of HMG in this regard.

Hattersley

My right honourable Friend has discussed

this question with the Governor. The Governor, told him that opinion in Hong Kong strongly favours the use of the death penalty in extreme cases. The Governor in turn is aware of the climate of Parliamentary and public opinion in the United Kingdom.

The prerogative of Mercy is delegated to the Governor, to be considered in each case as it arises.

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