§ Mr. Townsendasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the daily average of head-checks, random checks of people in the streets (P checks), screening operations and searches carried out by the 3rd Brigade in Northern Ireland in the three months before and after 10th February 1975.
§ Mr. Robert C. Brown, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 5th December 1975; Vol. 901, c. 745], gave the following information:
The number of searches carried out by 3 Infantry Brigade in the three months before and after 10th February 1975 were 99,148 and 124,213 respectively.