HC Deb 06 May 1988 vol 132 c624W
Mr. Livingstone

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brent, East on 7 March,Official Report, column 60, on what date Mr. Colin Wallace was commissioned into the Ulster Defence Regiment; and on what date he was promoted to captain.

Mr. Freeman

[holding answer 28 April 1988]: As I explained in my letter of 18 April to the hon. Member, Mr. Wallace was granted a commission as a part-time member of the UDR in the rank of second-lieutenant and was granted the acting rank of captain both with effect from 18 January 1972.