§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Home Secretary received a plea from relations of those murdered in the Real IRA bombing of Omagh in August 1998 asking that any new anti-terrorism legislation should ensure that the Real IRA associates can no longer fund-raise in the United Kingdom; and if so, what was his response. [HL1801]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Rooker)Consultation on the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998 and the Terrorism Act 2000 received a number of responses. None was directly concerned with fundraising by the Real IRA and its associates. However, my right honourable friend the Home Secretary has recently received a letter from the Omagh Victims' Legal Action Group on broadly similar issues which is receiving his urgent attention.