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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