In particular, we asked for reasons why the commission's 1977 recommendations have yet to be implemented and whether the commission is still minded to support implementation of the reforms.In its response, the Law Commission for England and Wales states:"The principle reason why there has not been implementation of proposals to reform the law of Treason is that although we did publish Working Paper 72 in 1977, no final report was issued to the Government containing recommendations for reform"and that"We would not support the implementation of the proposals made in 1977 because they are now out of date...