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Written question asked by Kevin McNamara (Labour) on Monday, 10 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 July 2000. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Thursday, 20 July 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his Answer of 15th March, 346 c204W, if he will review his decision not to deem the Loyal Orange Order a secretive organisation within the scope of the Joint Service Defence Council Instruction (JS DCI 75/99) on Membership of Societies such as Freemasons. - I have no plans to review my decision.
Answer

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence further to his answer of 15 March 2000, Official Report, column 204W, if he will review his decision not to deem the Loyal Orange Order a secretive organisation within the scope of the Joint Service Defence Council Instruction (JS DCI 75/99) on Membership of Societies such as Freemasons. [130468] Mr. Spellar: I have no plans to review my decision.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
354 c250W; 130468
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Freemasonry Secret societies
Link
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