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Irish Republican Army

Volume 28: debated on Monday 26 July 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners are held in Her Majesty's prisons in Scotland for offences committed as members of the Irish Republican Army; and whether any prisoners have received any remissions against their sentences.

All convicted prisoners serving sentences in Scotland have been sentenced for offences against the ordinary criminal law. No prisoner in Scotland is serving a sentence for offences related directly to membership of the Irish Republican Army. All those in Scottish prisons serving determinate sentences of more than five days are eligible for remission of one-third of their sentences.