TNAG-0719-FCO40-917-Capital-punishment-in-the-Dependent-Territories-1978 — Page 110

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THAT THIS HOUSE

calls upon Her Majesty's Government to

reconsider the limitations placed on the Secretary

of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs so

that he should in future be able to review any

'sentence of death passed and upheld in a Dependent

Overseas Territory, and in considering what advice

to tender on the use of the Royal Prerogative of

Mercy, he should be free to take account of all

the relevant circumstances including the decision of

this House on capital punishment in the UK.

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