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Solar

[LORDS]

[Lord Brockway.] Would not the development of solar energy be one of the solutions to the problem of the Southern hemisphere which is now impoverished and which would have great solar capacities.

Lord STRABOLGI: Yes, my Lords, I agree with my noble friend. We are co- operating internationally and we are in touch with work in other countries, many of which have greater solar potential than the United Kingdom.

Lord MOYNE: My Lords, will Her Majesty's Government consider promot- ing research into the use of solar energy for desalinisation of sea water, which could be of such immense importance to arid regions within the Commonwealth?

Lord STRABOLGI: Yes, certainly, my Lords, 1 agree with the noble Lord, Lord Moyne. A good deal of work in this field has been done in Israel. I will see that the noble Lord's point is passed on to my right honourable friend.

Lord LOVELL-DAVIS: My Lords, is my noble friend aware of the intense interest felt in the building and con- struction industries concerning the future of solar heating? Has any action been taken by the Departments of the En- vironment and Energy to encourage the installation of solar panels or to give fuller information about it, simply as an effective method of saving energy? Is not a clearer governmental view, a state- ment of intent, required for the guidance of interested parties?

Lord STRABOLGI: My Lords. much of the expenditure in the Department of Energy's research and development pre- gramme is for jointiv furded cornets with ndustry to develop industrial initiatives. In addition, of course, there is very valuable work which is done by

ndustrial finance itself.

Energy

The Question was as follows:

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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons have been executed in Crown Colonies and Dependent Territories, and in which, since the last person was executed in the United Kingdom.

The MINISTER of STATE, FOREIGN and COMMONWEALTH (Lord Goronwy-Roberts): My Lords, OFFICE

the total is 29. With your Lordships' permission, I will circulate the details in the Official Report.

Following is the information referred to:

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Since 13th August 1964 the follow- ing numbers of executions have been carried out in British Dependent Territories. For comparison, the numbers of reprieves granted in capital cases in the same period is also shown. A. PRESENT UNITED KINGDOM DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

Territory Belize Bermuda

British Virgin

Islands

Hong Kong Montserrat Solomon

Islands*

Executions Reprieves

2

12

NN

兰心

I

3

99

Nil

Nit

i

*Death penalty abolished 1966.

B. FORMER TERRITORIES WHICH HAVE

BECOME INDEPENDENT SINCE 13TH AUGUS· 196

Country Executions Reprieves† Gambia British Guiana

(now Guyana) Bechuanaland

(now Botswana) kasutoland

(now Lesotho)

E. budos

Fj Bahamas Seychelles*

NP

5

Nil

4

Nil

1

!

ང

Nil

12 1

DEATH PENALTY IN DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

3.13 p.in.

Lord KENNET: My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands In my name on the Order Paper.

Full information is not available in respect of Aden and Swaziland, and of the territories which now form the West indies Associated States.

†These figures are

for the period 13th August 1964 up to independence only.

*Death penalty ab vished 1956. "