HC Deb 29 March 1990 vol 170 cc310-1W
Mr. Hayward

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he intends to take any further measures in the light of recent violent incidents in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Brooke

I have signed an order to proscribe the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO) under the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978. The order has been laid before Parliament and since midnight the IPLO has been a proscribed organisation. We shall be asking both Houses to affirm the order in the next few weeks. Organisations such as the IPLO have no place in a democratic society such as ours.