§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries of the British Commonwealth still retain the death penalty; and what was the number of people in each country under sentence of death on 16 November.
§ Mr. BaldryThe information is as follows:
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Commonwealth Country Numbers Comments Antigua 1 The Bahamas 32 No executions since 1984 Bangladesh Unavailable Barbados 17 Belize 8
Commonwealth Country Numbers Comments Botswana 7 No executions since 1987 Britain — Applies only to treason and piracy with violation Brunei 5 Dominica 4 Ghana Unavailable Grenada — Guyana 18 India 86 Jamaica 128 No executions since 1988 Kenya 568 No executions since 1984 Lesotho 2 Malawi — Malaysia Unavailable Maldives Unavailable Malta — Applies only to high treason by members of armed forces Mauritius 5 Nigeria 50 Pakistan Unavailable Papua New Guinea — St. Christopher and 2 Nevis St. Lucia 8 St. Vincent 7 Sierra Leone 73 Singapore 60+ South Africa 335 Moratorim in effect since 1989 Sri Lanaka — Swaziland 5 No executions since 1982 Tanzania Unavailable Tonga — No executions since 1932 Trinidad and Tobago 50 Uganda 193 Western Samoa 3 Zambia 101 Zimbabwe 100 No executions since 1988