HC Deb 11 February 1971 vol 811 c223W
Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Minister of State for Defence what progress the security forces have made in restoring full law and order in urban areas of Northern Ireland dominated by the Irish Republican Army or other subversive movements.

Mr. Ian Gilmour

There is no area in Northern Ireland which the security forces do not enter. In certain parts of Belfast and Londonderry, however, the maintenance of law and order remains difficult owing to the limited co-operation of the local residents.