§ Mr. CLIMIEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is willing to collect from foreign Governments in Europe and from the United States of America statistics regarding the number of murders committed in those countries, the number of executions in countries where capital punishment exists, and the effect, if any, of the abolition of capital punishment in those countries where it has been abolished for the last 20 years?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe late Secretary of State for the Home Department, in pursuance of an undertaking given by him in reply to a Parliamentary Question on 27th March last, requested1008W my predecessor to obtain these statistics from certain foreign countries in Europe and America. The replies from His Majesty's representatives abroad containing the statistics were communicated to Mr. Bridgeman at various dates during the latter part of last year, and the hon. Member should address any inquiries concerning them to my right hon. Friend the present Home Secretary.