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Mr Ridley may wish to minute to his colleagues and to

the Secretary of State, giving them a chance to express their

views. The Prime Minister and certain Cabinet Ministers should

also be informed (ie the Secretaries of State for Defence and the

Home Department and the Lord Chancellor). Besides his general

interest in the question of capital punishment in the United

Kingdom, the Home Secretary will need to bear in mind that any

move to abolish capital punishment in the Dependent Territories

might attect the position of the Channel Islands and the Isle of

Man where the death penalty is at present retained.

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R D Clift

10 November 1980

Hong Kong and General Department

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PS/LPS

PS/Mr Hurd

PS/Mr Blaker

PS/PUS

Mr Rushford, Legal Advisers

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Mr Deare, WIAD

Mr Payne, MCD

Mr Munro, POD Mr Fearn, SAMD

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