HC Deb 28 April 1988 vol 132 c242W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has to the power under which United States military personnel claim to have acted in effecting arrests at(a) United States bases, (b) training areas in use by United States forces and (c) any other areas, over the last five years.

Mr. Ian Stewart

The powers of arrest of United States military personnel in the United Kingdom are the same as those of an ordinary British citizen.