HC Deb 15 March 1991 vol 187 cc697-8W
Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will name the three people who, according to Lord Colville's report on the operation in 1990 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (table 3) in 1988 were charged following detention and/or examination on account of their involvement in international terrorism; their country of origin; and the terrorist organisation or activity in which they are suspected to have been involved;

(2) if he will name the seven people who, according to Lord Colville's report on the operation in 1990 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (Table 9) in 1990 were charged following detention and/or examination on account of their involvement in international terrorism; their country of origin; and the terrorist organisation or activity in which they are suspected to have been involved.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

It is not the practice to disclose the names of those who are detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act or the nature of their suspected involvement in terrorism. Of the three people who were suspected of involvement in international terrorism and charged with criminal offences following detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in 1988, one was born in Austria, one in Italy and one in the United Kingdom. Of the seven such people who were so charged following examination or detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in 1990, two were born in Egypt and one each in Brazil, India, Kenya, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

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