HC Deb 27 June 1974 vol 875 c534W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he will not introduce legislation providing the restoration of capital punishment in the case of persons convicted of murder or attempted murder in Great Britain, committed while acting as a member of the IRA or other terrorist organisation.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Because I do not believe that it is the right way to deal with the problem.