TNAG-0719-FCO40-917-Capital-punishment-in-the-Dependent-Territories-1978 — Page 43

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MOTION

THAT THIS HOUSE

calls upon Her Majesty's Government to change the limitations placed on the Secretary of State for Foreign

and Commonwealth Affairs when tendering advice to

Her Majesty The Queen on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy 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.

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