Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 71565
Capital Punishment
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Question
Liz Jarvis
Liberal Democrat — Eastleigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Government’s engagement with international partners on the use of the death penalty; and what steps his Department i
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe UK Government is opposed to the death penalty, in all circumstances, as a matter of principle. We believe that the death penalty's use undermines human dignity, that there is no conclusive evidence of its deterrent value, and that any miscarriage of j...
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