§ 22. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been arrested and detained under the terms of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act; and how many of these have been charged or served with exclusion orders.
§ Mr. Roy Jenkins45 people have been detained under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary498W Provisions) Act and the supplemental order made under it. Of the 45, eight have been charged with criminal offences. Notice of exclusion has been served on five, of whom two have been removed. Two others will be removed to Northern Ireland this afternoon. 20 have been released. One is held on another warrant and 11 are still detained.
§ 42. Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been charged with offences under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act; and under which sections of the Act the charges have been brought.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNone.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been detained under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act; how many have been subsequently charged with offences; and with what offences they have been charged.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsForty-five people have been detained under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act and the supplemental order made under it. Eight have now been charged with offences, four of them with murder, one with conspiracy to cause an explosion and three with unlawful possession of explosives.