§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will make it his policy, when reviewing grant-aid for INFORM, to refuse further funds if there is evidence of material supporting cults and material produced by cults being supplied to inquiriers without the source being disclosed;
(2) if he will make it his policy, when reviewing grant-aid to INFORM, to refuse further funds if there is evidence of active support of cults by its members;
(3) if he will make it his policy, when reviewing grant-aid for INFORM, to refuse further funds if there is evidence of its members accepting hospitality from cults;
(4) what restrictions regarding involvement with cults were placed on its members when agreeing to grant-aid INFORM.
§ Mr. HurdThe grant paid to INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements) is to assist it in its work of providing impartial information about cults. No formal conditions relating to INFORM's operational methods have been attached to the payment of the grant. INFORM tells me that it has such contact with cults as is necessary to enable it to carry out its functions as a research and information network; such contacts may include accepting hospitality, but INFORM will accept no money from the cults and no members of the Governors or staff may be members of a cult. I do not therefore propose to introduce any formal conditions at this stage, but I shall continue to keep INFORM's performance under review.