§ Mr. Fittasked the Minister of State for Defence how many members of the Ulster Defence Regiment have been dismissed due to their association with other political organisations in Northern Ireland.
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§ Mr. BlakerI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Antrim, North (Reverend Ian Paisley) on 25th January and the hon. Member for Mid-Ulster (Miss Devlin) on 30th November 1972. The Ulster Defence Regiment is not, of course, a political organisation.—[Vol. 849, c.203–4; Vol 847, c. 178–9.]