§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Defence when a decision will be made on the present consideration of the restoration of a limited assault parachute capability to British Forces; and what would be the cost of reinstating 44 Parachute Brigade (Territorial Army).
§ Mr. HayhoeI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Woolwich, East (Mr. Cartwright) on Friday 11 July.—[Vol. 988, c.298–99]. The primary operational role of 44 Parachute Brigade (Volunteers) is now undertaken by 7 Field Force and no requirement exists for its reconstitution. Esti-
722Wcolumn 253, that the ethnic minorities for Birmingham, Handsworth represent about 50 per cent. of the population.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1980, c. 462]: This estimate of population of specified minorities in the Handsworth ward of the Birmingham metropolitan district was taken from volume 21, in the series of abstracts of statistics prepared by Birmingham central statistical office for the city council.