TNAG-0931-FCO40-1149-Capital-punishment-in-the-Dependent-Territories-1980 — Page 114

нко 38012

DECK INDEX

-3 NOV TRO

i

Parliamentary Unit

the

MR KENNETH MARKS' WRITTEN PQ FOR 29 OCTOBER

ED

1. Mr Marks (Manchester, Gorton - Labour) has asked the

Lord Privy Seal:

2.

a) which UK Dependent Territories retain capital

punishment for murder;

b) how many people are awaiting trial or sentence

in each colony;

c) what are the powers of HMG and the Privy Council

in such cases.

I attach a draft answer and background note which have

been cleared with the departmental Legal Adviser.

3. Mr Marks does not appear to have asked earlier Questions

about capital punishment; he voted against the restoration of

capital punishment in the 1979 debate.

28 October 1980

cc Mr Harding

R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department

25