§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what effect the deployment of additional infantry battalions to Northern Ireland in January and February 1992 has had on his previous estimate of the extent to which the minimum emergency tour length target interval of 24 months will be met in 1993–94; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe additional infantry battalions were deployed for only nine weeks and seven weeks respectively. Such short-term deployments are not included in the calculation of emergency tour plot intervals and do not affect the previous estimate for 1993–94.