§ Mr. McManusasked the Minister of State for Defence how many serving 134W members of the Ulster Defence Regiment are known to his Department to have criminal records.
§ Mr. Johnson SmithThe general rules exclude the enrolment of men who are known to have been convicted of a serious criminal offence. The rules are applied by the military authorities concerned on the merits of any individual case in which there may be room for the exercise of judgment. There are no statistics of the manner in which this judgment is exercised.