HC Deb 16 November 1972 vol 846 c221W
Mr. Pounder

asked the Minister of State for Defence why, for the first time in 50 years, no Service band was present at the wreath-laying ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance in Belfast on Sunday, 12th November.

Mr. Ian Gilmour

After consultation with the local authorities, the brigade commander responsible for the security of the area decided with regret that he would not be justified in deploying the troops which would have been necessary to guard a military band.