| TITLE
| All-Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community
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| PURPOSE
| To bring about a more equal and cohesive society through raising awareness of issues affecting the diverse multi-ethnic communities within multi-cultural Britain; to seek to influence the development of public policy capable of achieving greater equality and cohesion; to raise awareness of racism, racial discrimination, and those elements of best practice capable of eroding racial discrimination; to bring about greater empathy and understanding between different ethnic and racial groups within society; to press the case for mainstreaming, not just racial equality issues but all equality issues, within the government's legislative programme.
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| OFFICERS
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| Title
| Name
| Party |
Chair
Vice-Chairs
Treasurer
Secretary
| Diane Abbott
Peter Bottomley
Baroness Howells of St Davids
Marsha Singh
Simon Hughes
Keith Vaz
Harry Cohen
| Lab
Con
Lab
Lab
LD
Lab
Lab
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| TWENTY QUALIFYING MEMBERS
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| Government Party
| Main Opposition Party
| Other
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
| Diane Abbott
Dr Ashok Kumar
Jeremy Corbyn
Baroness Howells of St Davids
Clive Efford
Fiona Mactaggart
Khalid Mahmood
Keith Vaz
Ann Cryer
Parmjit Dhanda
| Dominic Grieve
Peter Bottomley
Chris Grayling
David Lidington
Gary Streeter
Richard Shepherd
Andrew Rosindell
| Dr Evan Harris
Simon Hughes
Andrew Stunell
| LD
LD
LD |
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| CONTACT DETAILS FOR CORRESPONDENCE AND GENERAL ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE GROUP
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| Mr Harry Cohen MP, House of Commons, London SW1A OAA. Tel: 020 7219 6376
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| BENEFITS RECEIVED BY GROUP FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT
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| Focus Institute on Rights and Social Transformation provide administrative support.
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| PAID EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT OF STAFF WHO HOLD A PARLIAMENTARY PASS
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| None. |
| DATE OF GROUP'S LAST REGISTERED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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| 20 July 2006 |
| CATEGORY OF GROUP
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| On Approved List; All-Party Parliamentary Subject Group.
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