HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 cc329-30W
17. Mr. Molyneaux

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland.

23. Mr. Ron Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the security situation in the Six Counties.

48. Mr. Leigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the current security situation in Northern Ireland.

50. Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Brooke

Since I answered a similar question on 14 December 1989, eight people have been killed in Northern Ireland in incidents directly related to terrorism. They included six civilians, a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and a part-time member of the Ulster Defence Regiment. Last year 430 people were charged with serious terrorist offences in Northern Ireland and large quantities of lethal weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered, both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

51. Rev. William McCrea

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will call for a report on the security situation in Mid-Ulster; and what further security measures he will introduce to secure the safety of constituents of the hon. Member for Mid-Ulster.

Mr. Cope

I am always particularly conscious of those communities that have borne a high level of terrorist attacks. I have regular and frequent meetings with the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and others with responsibility for security to discuss security not only in Mid-Ulster but in Northern Ireland as a whole. New measures which might improve the security situation are under constant review; where practicable they are implemented.

19. Mr. Cyril D. Townsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Government's security policies in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Cope

A measure of the Government's success is the fact that the terrorists have not advanced any of their causes by one step in many years of violence. The Government, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Army and the people of Northern Ireland remain resolute. Terrorism is futile.