§ 98. Mrs. Knightasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now introduce legislation to declare the Irish Republican Army a proscribed organisation in Great Britain.
§ Mr. MaudlingI am examining all means that might be used to counter the terrorist activities of the I.R.A.
§ Captain Orrasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement about the steps he now proposes to take to counter Irish Republican Army terrorism in England, Scotland and Wales.
§ Mr. MaudlingAppropriate steps are being taken. Their effectiveness would be jeopardised if details were made public.
§ Captain Orrasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now introduce legislation to ensure that the Irish Republican Army and similar organisations are declared illegal in Great Britain, as they are in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, and to make unlawful the collection of money on behalf of such organisations.
§ Mr. MaudlingI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave today to a 43W Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Mrs. Knight).
§ Mr. Critchleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider seeking to reactivate the Prevention of Violence (Temporary Provision) Act of 1939 as an aid to the civil power in combating the activities of the Irish Republican Army in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MaudlingI am considering this suggestion among other possibilities.