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Unification Church

Volume 942: debated on Tuesday 17 January 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will set up a committee of inquiry to hear evidence of the psychological effects on young people working for no wages, having given up their worldly goods and subjected to a régime of sleep deprivation, high starch diet, fasting and long periods of indoctrination to the effect that Sun Myung Moon is the Messiah, by the various organisations known collectively as the Unification Church.

I do not think I would be justified in setting up such a committee at present, though, as my hon. Friend is aware, I have the question of possible health hazards under review.