HC Deb 14 December 1976 vol 922 cc661-2W
42. Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement about the public relations of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

Public relations for the Ulster Defence Regiment are controlled by Headquarters Northern Ireland, and two information officers from the headquarters are tasked to provide cover for the regiment. I attach great importance to the maximum effort being devoted to the public relations of the UDR at a time when its rôole is growing in importance and terrorists' attacks on its members have increased.