Written question asked by A Cecil Walker (Ulster Unionist Party), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 June 1997. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 June 1997 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: What plans she has to require secret societies to publish registers of their members; what assessment she has made of the potential threat to members of such societies from the publication of such registers.

Answer: Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans she has to require secret societies to publish registers of their members; what assessment she has made of the potential threat to members of such societies from the publication of such registers; and if she will make a statement. [1920] Mr. Ingram: There are no plans to require secret societies to publish registers of their members. Consequently there has been no assessment made of the potential threat to members of such societies from the publication of such registers.

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