§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the serving members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders convicted of murder and manslaughter are to serve their sentences in Northern Ireland or in England and Wales or in Scotland; and if the sentences are not to be served in Northern Ireland what factors were found to justify their detention outside Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 27 January 1981, c. 392]: The two soldiers sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in the case referred to applied, under the provisions of section 26 of the Criminal Justice Act 1961, to serve their sentences in England. The applications were approved for reasons associated with their personal protection. Their transfer has now taken place.