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Hmm. I thought all the leading Brits were masons. Must be some kind of
intramural warfare.
flw
THE TIMES (LONDON)
May 26 1999 BRITAIN
MPs Demand Masonic List
BY JILL SHERMAN, WHITEHALL EDITOR
POLICE officers and judges who refuse to disclose whether they are
Freemasons should be publicly named, the all-party Home Affairs Select
Committee said yesterday.
The committee also suggested that allegations that Freemasonry could have
played a part in miscarriages of justice and other major scandals could not
be ruled out.
Although there was no proof, the MPs said that there were several cases,
including the so-called Stalker affair and the West Midlands Serious Crime
Squad scandal, where fears of improper Masonic influence "may well be
justified".
Both conclusions are contained in a hard-hitting report which accuses the
Home Office of dragging its feet over moves to draw up a voluntary register
of Freemasons among the police.
The report said that among stipendiary magistrates and judges asked to
declare whether they were Freemasons, more than 5 per cent either refused
to say or failed to reply to the request. Only 5 per cent admitted they
were Freemasons. Five per cent of lay magistrates admitted they were
Freemasons but more than 14 per cent did not answer the question.
The report said that on figures given, as many as 20 per cent of lay
magistrates could be Masons and up to 10 per cent of judges and stipendiary
magistrates.
A similar request among members of the Crown Prosecution Service was
answered by only just over half those polled, suggesting that the
proportion of Freemasons could be as high as 48 per cent.
Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, told the committee that police officers
were reluctant to participate because of concern that the information would
be made public. But the committee dismissed that concern and called for
public access unless there was a compelling reason to the contrary.
It said that, if necessary, legislation should be passed to force people to
sign the registers and to allow those who refused to take part to be
named.
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