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Prisoners (Parole)

Volume 973: debated on Thursday 15 November 1979

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37.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners convicted of offences in England and Wales connected with the Provisional IRA have become eligible to apply for parole, and how many have been released on parole, since 1976.

Of the 26 prisoners convicted of offences believed to have been connected with Irish republican organisations and who have become eligible since 1976, none has been released on parole.