HC Deb 14 May 1959 vol 605 c167W
68. Mr. Grimond

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will have an inquiry made into the working of the present law relating to capital punishment.

Mr. R. A. Butler

I am myself keeping the working of the Homicide Act under constant review, but it has been in force for little more than two years and it is too early to contemplate any inquiry into its operation.