HC Deb 15 November 1971 vol 826 c46W
Mr. Laurance Reed

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will seek to strengthen the law against sabotage;

(2) whether he will seek to strengthen the law against acts of terrorism, including hijackings and political kidnapping;

(3) whether he will seek to strengthen the law against murder done or caused in the furtherance of political aims.

Mr. Maudling

Except for acts of damage to property which involve neither the use of explosives nor danger to life, the criminal acts which my hon. Friend appears to have in mind are already subject to a maximum penalty of life imprisonment; and that penalty is mandatory in the case of murder.