HC Deb 20 January 1981 vol 997 c152W
Mr. J. Enoch Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on what occasion or occasions, and in what terms, any indication was given at any time on behalf of Her Majesty's Government to persons convicted of crimes committed before March 1976 that they would continue to enjoy political status in Her Majesty's prisons in Northern Ireland indefinitely.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

I shall reply to the right hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.