HC Deb 23 July 1982 vol 28 cc311-2W
Mr. Litherland

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the reply to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe, (Mr. Morris), from the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 14 July, Official Report, column 409, if he will make a statement on the use of plastic bullets in the context of the motion approved by the European Parliament on banning their use.

Mr. Prior

I refer the hon. Member to the replies which I gave to the hon. Member for West Stirlingshire (Mr. Canavan) on 27 May 1982—[Vol. 24, c. 1042–44]—and to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch and Lymington (Mr. Adley) on 1 July 1982.—[Vol. 26, c. 1033–34.]