HC Deb 17 March 1986 vol 94 c32W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons charged with offences relating to membership of (a) the Irish Republican Army, (b) the Irish National Liberation Army, (c) the Ulster Volunteer Force, (d) the Ulster Defence Association and (e) any other proscribed organisation, have been granted bail since 1979.

Mr. Scott

The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons charged with offences relating to membership of (a) the Irish Republican Army, (b) the Irish National Liberation Army, (c) the Ulster Volunteer Force, (d) the Ulster Defence Association and (e) any other proscribed organisation, have been convicted on the basis of uncorroborated evidence over the last four years.

Mr. Scott

Courts make their decisions having regard to all the admissible evidence placed before them. It is not possible to identify cases in which the eventual decision might have depended only on uncorroborated evidence.

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