ALTHOUGH Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth no doubt genuinely thought that his
first amendment to Mr. Silverman's Bill to abolish the death penalty (that which would have left the supreme punishment for murders committed during robberies) would help the Bill through the Lords, it would in fact have made the passage even harder. I am glad that he failed to collect enough fellow-abolitionists to swing the vote. (The second amendment, leaving the death penalty for murders committed by people already serving life imprisonment, is in the nature of things of no great consequence.) But all is not over yet and I should like to draw attention to the meeting to be held in the Royal Festival Hall on May 24 at half past seven, when speakers from Norway. Belgium and Sweden will describe the results of abolition in their respec- tive countries. There will be a few free seats left on the night but anyone who wants to reserve a seat should apply to Mrs. Duff at 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, WC2.
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