Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S2W-14527 · Session 2

What its position is in respect of disclosure of membership of the Masonic Order within the judiciary.

Answered Asked by Rosie Kane SSP Lodged 17 Feb 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of disclosure of membership of the Masonic Order within the judiciary.

The answer

Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 Mar 2005 · 20 days after it was lodged, on time

Ministers do not require membersof judiciary, or applicants for judicial posts, to disclose membership of the Freemasonsor any other societies to which they may belong.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-14527 by reference.