HC Deb 27 June 1968 vol 767 cc114-5W
59. Sir C. Osborne

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will accept the recent recommendation of the Prison Officers Association and re-introduce the death penalty as a protection to police and prison officers as well as the general public.

Mr. Callaghan

The death penalty was abolished in 1965, by a decision of Parliament on a free vote, for an experimental period of five years. The matter will be reviewed by Parliament in 1970 and I can find no reason to anticipate that review.