HC Deb 23 April 1971 vol 815 cc477-8W
Rev. Ian Paisley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he proposes to make to the Government of the Irish Republic in view of the fact that members of both Houses of the Republic's Parliament have handed over their own guns for use in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Anthony Royle

If my hon. Friend is referring to the unsubstantiated statement by a former member of the Irish Republic Government reported on 19th April, I will not be making representations to the Government of the Irish Republic on this point, but we remain, of course, in close contact with that Government on matters of common concern.

Mr. Graham Page

I estimate that about 99 per cent. of the United Kingdom population has access to mains water and that about 95 per cent. are served by main drainage. Comparable figures for the member countries of the European Economic Community are not readily available to me.