Written question asked by Kevin McNamara (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 October 1990. It was answered by Lord Cope of Berkeley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 October 1990 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

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Untitled Written question

Question

If he will list in the Official Report the number of occasions in the past 10 years when public interest immunity certificates have been issued concerning matters before coroners and other courts preventing members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and others within the remit of his Department from attending such courts, and to prevent such courts hearing details of operations, indicating which operations were involved and how many individuals were covered by such certificates.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

177 c835W

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Disclosure of information Courts Coroners Evidence Documents Government departments Public interest Witnesses Royal Ulster Constabulary Northern Ireland Office Secrecy

Contains statistics

Yes