§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been interned for longer than one year.
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§ Mr. David HowellInternment by the executive was replaced by arrangements under the Detention of Terrorists (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 for adjudication by independent commissioners. Of the people now detained under the order, 103 have been in custody for longer than a year. In addition, there have since 10th August 1971 been 54 cases of people, not now detained, who have been interned or detained or both for continuous periods totalling a year or more.