Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Aliens. – in the House of Commons at on 4 August 1924.
Mr Robert Climie
, Kilmarnock
asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the widespread feeling existing that capital punishment has failed to act as a deterrent to homicide; if he is prepared to consider the setting up of a Committee to go into the whole question of capital punishment, including its effect upon the youth of this country; and to consider an alternative punishment to persons found guilty of the capital charge?