HC Deb 08 November 1988 vol 140 c136W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the incident on 30 October on the Salisbury plain training area in which a smoke grenade was discharged on a road by United States Air Force personnel at a time when the ranges were open to members of the public.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The incident is being investigated. If disciplinary action is necessary it will he taken by the appropriate authorities. At this stage it appears that USAF personnel were not involved.