§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will explain the meaning and purpose of the Royal Ulster Constabulary's request on 2 December 1993 to the Irish Attorney-General to be told in due course that the warrant had been endorsed in respect of Brendan Smyth.
§ Sir John Wheeler[holding answer 28 November 1994): By its letter of 2 December to the Commissioner of the Garda Siochana, the RUC inquired whether the warrants in respect of Brendan Smyth had been backed for execution. The RUC was not at that time aware that he might voluntarily return to Northern Ireland.