§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when was the last time that service personnel fired shots on the British mainland in the course of their duty when they were not involved in training exercises, previous to the Tern hill incident.
§ Mr. NeubertTo the best of our knowledge the last time prior to the Tern hill incident that service personnel fired shots on the British mainland in the course of their duty and when they were not involved in training exercises was in support of the police in the Iranian embassy siege in May 1980.