Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which organisations applied to march in Northern Ireland in 1996 more than five times. [9978]
§ Mr. IngramThe information is not available in the format requested and would incur disproportionate cost to provide.
§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proposals she has to extend the remit of the Parades Commission to(a) grant special protection for traditional parades and (b) monitor other aspects of local culture in Northern Ireland. [10123]
§ Mr. IngramThe Government have received representations about the remit of the Parades Commission, and is considering extending this remit beyond that recommended by the North report.
The forthcoming parades legislation will, as proposed by North, provide for the commission to take into account a range of factors including whether a parade is of long-standing. The commission will, in any particular case, weight up all the factors before reaching a conclusion.
§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many parades were applied for in 1996; how many were perceived as(a) unionist, (b) nationalist and (c) other; and which organisations filed for more than 10 parades in that year. [10125]
§ Mr. IngramThe information is not available in the format requested and would incur disproportionate cost to provide. I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the reply given to the right hon. Member for Strangford (Mr. Taylor) on 29 July 1997,Official Report, column 158.