Pluralist Society

HC Deb 28 January 1985 vol 72 cc69-70W

Mr. Maginnis

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether it is Government policy to encourage the continuance of a pluralist society in those parts of Northern Ireland where it presently exists.

Mr. Hurd

The Government will continue to protect the right of the constituent groups in Northern Ireland to uphold and give expression, within the law, to their distinctive views on religious, cultural and other social questions.