§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the persons who have been refused entry to (a) the Regular Army, (b) the Royal Air Force, (c) the Royal Navy and (d) the 397W Ulster Defence Regiment during 1980 and during 1979, respectively, are known to have relatives who have been convicted of terrorist-type offences in Northern Ireland; and of those so refused in each year how many were from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively.
§ Mr. HayhoeIt is not our practice to give reasons for rejecting individual applications to join the Armed Forces.