§ Mr. Nallyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of persons convicted of murder and sentenced to death in each of the years since 1926; the number of such cases in which sentence was carried out; and the sums paid in fees to the public executioner for his services in each of such years.
§ Mr. EdeI would refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to Questions by the hon. Member for Barnet (Dr. Taylor) on 29th November, 1945, and to the hon. Member for Norwich (Mr. Paton) on 27th February last. The fee paid to an executioner is a matter between the Sheriff and the person employed by him to carry out the execution, and I have no information as to the amount of such fees in any year.