andMr. McQuillan asked the Minister for Justice whether he has made representations for the retention or abolition of capital punishment to the Commission at present examining the problem under UN auspices.
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The answer is in the negative.
The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, at the invitation of the General Assembly, has initiated a study of the question of capital punishment. So far, member Governments have only been asked by the Secretary General to supply factual information for consideration by the Council at its thirty-fifth session to be held early in 1963.