§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Minister of State for Defence how many homes of Ulster Defence Regiment members have been raided by Irish Republican Army members since 1st January, 1972; and what numbers of arms and ammunition have been taken.
§ Lord LambtonBetween 1st January and 18th February, 1972, terrorists raided six houses, occupied by eight members of the Ulster Defence Regiment. Seven rifles and 90 rounds of ammunition were stolen.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Minister of State for Defence under what circumstances an Army bomb disposal expert was called aboard the Heysham-Belfast boat when it docked in Belfast on Wednesday morning, 16th February 229W what size of bomb was discovered; how it was to be detonated; and how it was defused.
§ Lord LambtonAn Army ammunition technical officer was called after a bomb, containing about 40 lb. of explosive and fitted with a timing device, had been found on the ferry. It is not the practice to reveal how bombs are defused.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Minister of State for Defence under what circumstances a member of the Second Battalion Parachute Regiment was injured by an Irish Republican Army attack in the New Lodge Road area of Belfast on Wednesday, 16th February; what was the extent of his injuries; whether the fire was returned; and what arrests were made.
§ Lord LambtonAt about 2.45 p.m. one shot was fired at a mobile patrol at the junction of North Queen Street and Frederick Street. One soldier was hit, receiving a flesh wound in his right leg. No fire was returned and no arrests were made by the Army at the time.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Minister of State for Defence under what circumstances Private Michael Frederick Prime of the Royal Army Pay Corps was killed in Northern Ireland on Wednesday, 16th February, by Irish Republican Army members; how many shots were fired into the Land Rover in which he was travelling; from what sort of gun these shots came; whether the Land Rover was in convoy; whether the shots were returned; and what arrests have been made.
§ Lord LambtonAt about 8 p.m., two Army Land Rovers were travelling along the M1 motorway between Armagh and Belfast, when they were fired upon from a bridge. About 14 rounds were fired from a Thomson machine gun and a rifle. One of the bullets entered the vehicle in which Private Prime was a passenger and killed him. The Land Rovers accelerated out of range; no fire was returned and no arrests were made by the Army.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Minister of State for Defence under what circumstances Mr. Thomas Callaghan, a private in the Fifth Battalion Ulster Defence 230W Regiment was killed by Irish Republican Army members in Londonderry on Wednesday, 16th February; at what time he was kidnapped; at what time his body was found and in what circumstances; how he had been shot; what type of bullet had been used; whether he was armed at the time of his kidnapping; and what arrests have been made.
§ Lord LambtonAt about 6.30 p.m., while driving a bus in the Creggan Estate, Mr. Callaghan was stopped and abducted by four armed men. He was not armed. At about 8.45 p.m. his body was pushed from a car at the junction of Foyle Road and Brook Street. He had been shot in the back of the head with a.45 bullet and his head had been covered with a hood. No arrests have been made by the Army.