HC Deb 21 July 1987 vol 120 cc116-7W
Mr. Chris Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons excluded under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provision) Acts 1974, 1976 or 1984 and who made representations against their exclusion order as part of the review of the order (a) were offered an interview with the Metropolitan police at a venue other than Castlereagh holding centre, (b) where those interviews were held and (c) how many of those individuals declined to attend.

Mr. Hurd

(a) Fifty people are recorded in Home Office records as having had interviews with the Metropolitan police as part of a review of an exclusion order made in Great Britain under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974 or 1976. All but one of these interviews took place at Castlereagh RUC station (which is a separate building from Castlereagh holding centre(b) The other location was the British embassy, Dublin. (c) None.

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