§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many prisoners have been taken by personnel of the Special Air Service in their operations in the last 10 years; who those people were; and what was their subsequent fate;
(2) in how many incidents people have been killed in operations by the Special Air Service in the last 10 years; who those people were; and where and in what circumstances they were killed;
(3) what instructions, beyond those applying to other units of the armed forces, govern the use of lethal force by the Special Air Service.
§ Mr. Ian StewartIt has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on the operations or activities of special forces.