PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Commonwealth: Capital Punishment (9 November 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will hold discussions with her counterparts in Commonwealth countries on ending the death penalty for (a) minors and (b) people who are mentally incapacitated.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

It is the longstanding policy of the UK Government to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances, especially in cases that do not meet the minimum standards defined by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. We regularly engage with governments, including in Commonwealth countries, on human rights and the death penalty.

Answered by:
Sir James Cleverly (Conservative)
19 November 2021