HC Deb 02 February 1972 vol 830 c143W
Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied that the police have adequate powers to arrest members of organisations engaged in armed insurrection within the United Kingdom and in the murder and intimidation of Her Majesty's subjects and the destruction of their property; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maudling

The police have adequate power to arrest persons known to be engaged in those activities. In England and Wales membership of a particular organisation is not in itself an offence.

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