HC Deb 25 January 1985 vol 71 c544W
Mr. Parry

asked the Secretary of State for Defence why members of the armed forces were placed on amber alert in Liverpool in November 1984.

Mr. Stanley

It would not be in the public interest to comment in detail on the reasons for the particular alert states applying to the armed forces; but we must be alert to the danger of terrorist attack. The state of alert in November 1984 applied throughout the United Kingdom.