§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions(a) the opinion of a senior police officer has been given in court as evidence of a person's membership of a specified organisation, (b) a court has been asked to draw an inference from the failure of a person suspected of belonging to a specified organisation to mention a
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The value of goods stolen (£), by Division, 1996, 1997 and 1998 to end November in respect of incidents recorded above 1996 1997 1998 L 10,280 10,340 730 N 40 1,025 — O 2,860 470 8,850 P 1,957 1,250 3,100 Total 71,586 56,107 22,726 Note:
Where the value appears to be particularly high the amount may include the value of a car stolen during the same incident.
relevant fact; how many persons have been (i) charged and (ii) convicted of belonging to a specified organisation since September and on how many occasions a court has ordered forfeiture of property following conviction for belonging to a specified organisation. [64206]
The Attorney-GeneralI have been asked to reply.
To date there have been no proceedings under section 30 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 in relation to specified organisations as defined by the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998 and so the answer to each of the questions is none.