Enquiry into the
Practice and Effects
of Scientology

Report by
Sir John Foster, K.B.E., Q.C., M.P.

Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London
December 1971

Contents

Introduction

1. THE BACKGROUND TO THE ENQUIRY

2. FORM AND SCOPE OF THE ENQUIRY
- (a) Principles
- (b) Practice

3. WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY?

4. THE THEORIES OF SCIENTOLOGY
- (a) Content
- (b) Classification

5. THE PRACTICES OF SCIENTOLOGY

6. THE EFFECTS OF SCIENTOLOGY ON ITS FOLLOWERS

7. SCIENTOLOGY AND ITS ENEMIES

8. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SCIENTOLOGY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

9. SCIENTOLOGY AND THE LAW

Appendices

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