HC Deb 20 May 1975 vol 892 cc332-3W
Mr. Wm. Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the persons who have been transferred from prisons in Great Britain to Northern Ireland in the last 12 months are known to have been members of, or acting on behalf of, the IRA; and why the transfers were granted in each case.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Four persons serving sentences in England and Wales for acts of acknowledged IRA terrorism have been permanently transferred to Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. I would refer the hon. Member to my replies to Questions by the hon. Member for Cleveland and Whitby (Mr. Brittan) on 25th March—[Vol. 889, c. 118]—and the hon. Member for Armagh (Mr. McCusker) on 16th April—[Vol. 890, c. 121].

As regards transfers from prisons in Scotland to Northern Ireland this is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.