Sinn Fein Candidates

HC Deb 22 May 1996 vol 278 cc205-8W

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Upper Bann for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been(a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30514]

(2) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for North Down for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30515]

(3) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for South Down for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30516]

(4) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Newry and Armagh for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30517]

(5) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Strangford for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30518]

(6) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Fermanagh and South Tyrone for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offence with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30519]

(7) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for West Tyrone for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30520]

(8) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for South Antrim for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30529]

(9) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Foyle for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30531]

(10) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Mid-Ulster for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30521]

(11) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Belfast, North for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30522]

(12) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Belfast, South for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30523]

(13) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Belfast, East for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30524]

(14) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Belfast, West for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30525]

(15) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Lagan Valley for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30526]

(16) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for East Londonderry for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30527]

(17) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for the East Antrim for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date or release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30528]

(18) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for North Antrim for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30530]

(19) if he will publish the regional list of Sinn Fein candidates for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which each candidate has been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him. [30532]

Sir John Wheeler

It is not possible to indicate terrorist offences with which any of the candidates nominated by Sinn Fein to stand for election on 30 May, and listed in full in theBelfast Gazette, may have been charged or convicted, or details relating to sentences any may have served. To enable the Royal Ulster Constabulary's criminal records office to begin a search of its records it would be necessary to provide the office with the full name, date of birth and address of each person. As this, however, would not guarantee that the correct person had been identified, the RUC would further require a set of fingerprints to compare with those held on record.