§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the sale of sweepstake tickets in Northern Ireland to raise funds for the Irish Republican Army, which are issued by the Irish Republican Clubs of America and Canada, selling at 12p each, and which depict on the ticket an Irish Republican Army gunman holding a rifle, waving an Eire tricolour and stamping on the Union Jack while buildings blaze in the background; and what action he proposes.
§ Mr. ChannonThe police are aware that these tickets are being sold in Northern Ireland. One person has recently been charged with promoting an illegal organisation in this way.