HC Deb 31 January 1991 vol 184 c637W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Iraqi military personnel have been detained since the outbreak of hostilities; and what they were doing in this country.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Thirty-five Iraqis known or suspected to be military personnel have been detained in this country as prisoners of war under the provisions of the third Geneva convention. All had entered the United Kingdom to study at various colleges.