ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

Early day motion 983, tabled 10 November 2010 by Michael Crockart (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 31 members.

That this House notes that 58 countries retain the death penalty; reiterates its opposition to the use of capital punishment in all circumstances; welcomes the recent launch of a new Government strategy for the global abolition of the death penalty, which identified the death penalty as a thematic priority of the Strategic Programme Fund (SPF) Human Rights Programme; and further welcomes the reconstitution of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 12, Labour 10, Conservative 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Alliance 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1.