GLOBAL MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY (WITHDRAWN)

That this House wholeheartedly supports the British Government's principled opposition to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances; is disappointed that the Government chose to block the bid by the Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi to hold a global moratorium on the death penalty at the meeting of the EU foreign ministers in January; and calls upon the Foreign Secretary, when she meets with EU foreign ministers on 24th April, to reinforce the United Kingdom's opposition to the death penalty and to support a global moratorium.