Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 24 June 2003.
Nigel Dodds
Opposition Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the US Government about fund-raising activities in the USA carried out (a) by and (b) on behalf of proscribed organisations in Northern Ireland.
Denis MacShane
Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
None. The US has taken steps against all Northern Ireland terrorist organisations the UK Government has specified as not being on ceasefire. These organisations are also proscribed in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000.
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