§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Attorney-General if he will list the capital offences still in existence in England and Wales.
§ Mr. CarlisleI have been asked to reply.
Offences of treason under the Treason Acts; piracy with violence under the Piracy Act, 1837; and certain naval and military offences under the Naval Discipline Act, 1957, the Army Act, 1955, and the Air Force Act, 1955, as amended by the Armed Forces Act, 1971.