Question NW3789 to the Minister of State Security

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02 November 2015 - NW3789

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Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of State Security

Whether, his department conducted any (a) security or (b) qualifications vetting process in respect of any member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery during the Fifth Parliament; if so, in the case of each person belonging to the specific group, (i) what were the reasons for the vetting, (ii) on how many such occasions has the specified vetting process taken place (iii) at whose request was the specified vetting done and (iv) what is the intended outcome of the specified vetting process.

Reply:

The State Security Agency has never conducted any security vetting process in respect of any member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery during the Fifth Parliament.

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