Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the organisers of the civil rights march in Londonderry on Saturday 31st January 1976 and the organisers of the IRA protest meeting and march in Londonderry on Sunday, 1st February 1976 gave the statutory notice to the police; and, if not, what action is being taken by the RUC.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 9th February 1976; Vol. 905, c. 29–30], gave the following information:
The Chief Constable tells me that the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association held a meeting, and not a march, in Londonderry on 31st January and that the question of a statutory notice slid not, therefore, arise.