§ Lord Westburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What advice has been conveyed to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by the Life Sentence 276WA Review Board with regard to Guardsmen Wright and Fisher, and when it is proposed to release them.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Lord Dubs)The review board's advice to the Secretary of State in these particular cases is strictly confidential and will not be disclosed. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has decided that the cases of Guardsmen Wright and Fisher should be referred back to the review board in one year's time, i.e. in October 1998, when they will have served six years in custody. No date for release has therefore yet been fixed.