HC Deb 14 February 1978 vol 944 c105W
Mr. Clemitson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his role in regard to the imposition of a death sentence by courts in the Isle of Man.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

It is for me to decide whether to make a recommendation to the Queen on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in respect of a sentence of death pronounced by a court in the Isle of Man.

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