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Death Row since 1979, may bring home to independent governments in the region the need to re-examine their own policies towards capital punishment and to resolve the plight of dozens of prisoners spending years on Death Row awaiting the outcome of their appeals.
5. In the light of the soundings I have taken, I have no hesitation in confirming that the only satisfactory way for me to ensure that executions are not carried out in the Caribbean dependent territories is to proceed by Order in Council. I propose to submit the Order by 10 April in time for the Privy Council meeting on 16 April, and to lay the Order before the House on the day it is made. I attach the text of an arranged Parliamentary Question and Answer which will inform the House on the same day of the action which we have taken.
6. I am copying this minute to the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, Lord Privy Seal, Attorney-General, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, Captain of Gentlemen-at-Arms, and Sir R Butler.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
19 March 1991
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(DOUGLAS HURD)
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