§ Mr. Parryasked the Prime Minister if the speech made by the Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, the hon. Member for Bosworth (Mr. Butler) on 15 March, represents Government policy.
§ The Prime MinisterI understand that my hon. Friend was commenting on levels of crimes of violence and the population in Northern Ireland in 1981 and 1982 and those in various regions of England in the same year. He was not seeking to make a statement of Government policy.