§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what information he is prepared to disclose concerning the number of persons, and the length of remand without bail, for persons charged, but not convicted of, terrorist type offences who are subsequently released, rearrested and recharged, giving the aveage length of remain without bail on each occasion of rearrest and the number of persons involved;
(2) for each year since 1980, how many prisoners were refused bail; and what is the average period of remand without bail for persons charged either whooly or partially on the basis of accomplice evidence in each of the following categories: (a) the top decile of prisoners awaiting trial for the longest period, (b) the top quartile of prisoners awaiting trial for the longest period, (c) the second quartile of prisoners awaiting trial for the longest period and (d) all prisoners charged on the basis of such evidence;
(3) for each year since 1980, what was the average period of remand without bail for persons accused of terrorist-type offences for each of the following categories in cases involving evidence of accomplice witnesses: (a) persons convicted, (b) persons acquitted and (c) persons who were released as a result of such evidence being retracted; and how these figures compare with those for persons charged with terrorist-type offences on the basis of evidence other than that of accomplice witnesses;
(4) how many persons accused of terrorist-type offences, either wholly or partially, on the basis of accomplice witnesses' testimony, are currently awaiting trial in Northern Ireland; how many persons have been convicted and how many persons have been acquitted of such crimes after having been charged either wholly or partially on the basis of testimony of an accomplice witness; and how many people have been released following the retraction of testimony by accomplice witnesses in each year since 1980;
(5) what proportion and number of persons accused of terrorist-type offences on the basis, either wholly or partially, of accomplice witnesses' testimony, are accorded bail; and what is the equivalent proportion of 742W persons accused of terrorist crimes who are not charged on the basis of accomplice testimony who are accorded bail in each year since 1980;
(6) if he will give for each year from 1980 to date, separately as regards informant or converted terrorist trials in Northern Ireland, the number of people who have been convicted on the evidence of converted terrorist witnesses/accomplice witnesses, and in how many cases this evidence was corroborated by other evidence other than the evidence of another converted terrorist, in how many cases the evidence of the converted terrorist constituted the sole evidence of the existence of the crime itself, how many people have been charged on the basis of converted terrorists' evidence and in how many cases this was the only evidence upon which the person stood accused;
(7) in what specific cases persons have been convicted of terrorist-type offences on the basis, either wholly or partially, of accomplice witness evidence where the accomplice witness was granted immunity from prosecution for scheduled or other offences, stating the number and length of sentence of persons convicted and listing in each case the nature of the crime for which immunity was granted to the accomplice witness.
§ Mr. Maginnisasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will list incidents where terrorists have mounted attacks from within the Irish Republic on targets across the frontier in Northern Ireland since 1 January;
(2) if he will list incidents since 1 January where there is reasonable evidence that terrorists who mounted attacks against targets within Northern Ireland used the territory of the Irish Republic as a base from which to carry out these attacks or to retreat to afterwards;
(3) if he will list the terrorist organisations claiming murders in Northern Ireland since 1 January and the numbers of murders thus attributable to each such organisation;
(4) if he will list the number of terrorist incidents attributed to the Provisional Irish Republican Army since 1 January and the names of victims murdered as a consequence of these incidents;
(5) if he will list the number of terrorist incidents attributed to the Irish National Liberation Army since 1 January and the names of victims murdered as a consequence of these incidents;
(6) if he will list the number of terrorist incidents attributed to Protestant paramilitary organisations since 1 January and the names of victims murdered as a consequence of these incidents;
(7) how many persons have been apprehended while in possession of explosives since 1 January.
§ Mr. Maginnisasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the total weight of explosive captured by the security forces since 1 January.
§ Mr. Maginnisasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the total weight of explosive estimated to have been detonated by terrorists since 1 January.
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§ Mr. Maginnisasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will give the total number of traced weapons which have been captured by the security forces since 1 January and the number of murders attributed to these weapons;
(2) if he will give the total number of untraced weapons in working condition which have been captured by the security forces since 1 January;
(3) if he will list those previously untraced weapons which have been used in terrorist attacks since 1 January and also list the incidents in which each has been used.
§ Mr. ScottBetween 1 January and 30 June 1984, 120 weapons were recovered by the security forces in Northern Ireland.
It would not be in the public interest to divulge further information about these weapons.