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Army: Northern Ireland

Volume 459: debated on Tuesday 17 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which sites in County Armagh have been requisitioned by his Department for use by the British Army under emergency powers legislation since 1977; (130980)

(2) which sites in County Armagh have been leased from landowners by his Department for use by the British Army without the use of emergency powers legislation since 1977.

Given the need to obtain and analyse records going back 30 years, many of which are not held centrally or in an electronic form, it will take some time to provide a substantive reply, even if the required information still exists. I will write to the hon. Lady and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.