HC Deb 17 March 1969 vol 780 cc42-3W
Mr. Wylie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of occasions to the latest convenient date on which a recommendation has been made by the courts in Scotland in accordance with the provision of Section 1(2) of the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act, 1965.

Mr. Ross

A recommendation has been made on six occasions, one of them involving four persons.