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Mr. Wm. Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what were the criteria used to arrive at the designation of the various bodies as para-military in his reply to the hon. Member for Londonderry on 12th January 1976.
Mr. Merlyn Rees,
pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 16th February 1976; Vol. 905, c. 494], gave the following information:As I explained in answer to the Question by the hon. Member for Londonderry (Mr. Ross) on 12th January, the groups mentioned were among those which have been described as para- military, but the list was not definitive. Account was taken of statements by thoee people who claim to represent the bodies in question.