§ LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOLasked Her Majesty's Government:
To state the number of persons convicted of murder during the five years immediately preceding and the five years subsequent to the passing of the Homicide Act, 1957.
§ THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE, HOME OFFICE (LORD STONHAM)In England and Wales during the years 1952-56 inclusive, 154 persons were convicted of murder; during 1958-62, 159 persons were convicted of non-capital murder and 37 of capital murder. The corresponding figures for Scotland are 10, 19 and 7.
House adjourned at nineteen minutes past eight o'clock.