§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the decision to introduce internment in Northern Ireland was taken on the advice of the security forces.
§ Mr. MaudlingI would refer the hon. Member to what my noble Friend the Minister of State for Defence said in the debate on 23 rd September.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice he has received for the withdrawal of gun licences in Northern Ireland in 80W order to help the rôle of the security forces in Northern Ireland; and what reply he has sent.
§ Mr. MaudlingThe withdrawal of gun licences in Northern Ireland would be a matter for the Northern Ireland Government.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive and publish the report of Sir Edmund Compton into allegations of brutality by British troops during the arrest of detainees under the Special Powers Act.
§ Mr. MaudlingI cannot yet give a date. But the Chairman and his colleagues will report as soon as they can, consistently with fairness to complainants and those complained against.