HC Deb 12 May 1988 vol 133 c233W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state the rules of engagement under which service personnel operated in Gibraltar in shooting three IRA personnel.

Mr. Ian Stewart

The material facts concerning the deaths of the terrorists will be considered by the coroner in Gibraltar, acting with a jury, in accordance with the normal procedures for the conduct of inquests under Gibraltar law. The purpose of the inquest will be to determine how the terrorists died and it would not be appropriate for me to make any further comment before then.