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Police Recruits (Compulsory Freemasonry Declaration)

Volume 400: debated on Monday 24 February 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on inserting compulsory disclosure of membership of the Freemasons in the contracts of new police recruits. [97185]

A scheme of voluntary registration was introduced in 1999. We continue to review its effectiveness—there are no current proposals for compulsory disclosure.