§ 74. Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Minister of State for Defence if he will give orders 197W that in future troops will not be commanded to show respect to Irish Republican Army cortèges, draped with a tricolour, as the Irish Republican Army is at war with British troops in Northern Ireland and such showing of respect gives wide offence in Ulster.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourIt is a Service custom to show respect to any funeral cortège, and it would not be appropriate to alter this well established practice.