§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons captured by the Irish Republican Army during the past three years are known to have been tortured before being murdered; how many have been mutilated after being murdered; and if he will indicate the injuries in each case.
§ Mr. David Howell:There is no doubt that the IRA has been guilty of torture in many cases and we have growing statistics of murders by them; but it is difficult to prove that any particular murdered man was tortured before, or mutilated after, his murder.