Referendum call
The British Minister responsible for law enforcement has rejected calls for a referendum on hanging after Parliament heavily defeated an attempt to bring back the death penalty for murder. The Home Secretary, Mr Leon Brittan, told Pariiament that he did not think matters which were not of a constitutional kind were suitable for a referendum.—London.
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Press, 16 July 1983, Page 10
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