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Aims |
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- Promote the
highest possible standards of religious education in schools, colleges,
universities and academies.
- Press for
continuous improvement in religious education.
- Promote a
clear, positive image, and public understanding of religious education.
- Advocate
that every young person experiences a personally inspiring and academically
rigorous education in religious and non-religious worldviews
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Members |
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The following MPs and peers have agreed to become members of the APPG on RE:
Stephen Lloyd (Chair)
Baroness Brinton (Vice Chair)
Fiona Bruce (Vice Chair)
Mike Crockart (Vice Chair)
Mary Glindon (Vice Chair) |
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If you would like to invite your MP to support the aims of the APPG by joining the group, you may use this sample letter when writing to them. |
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Cross-party support for excellent RE |
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The All Party
Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Religious Education was launched on Monday, 11th June. The inaugural meeting was held in Dining Room A at the House of Commons
and was followed by an informal reception.
The aim for the group, for which the REC
provides the secretariat, is to provide a medium through which MPs, peers and
organisations with an interest in religious education can discuss provision of
the subject, promote a clear positive image of RE and advocate that all young
people receive excellent RE teaching. Stephen Lloyd MP, now the group's Chair,
reiterated the importance of this in his opening remarks after conducting the
formal business of the meeting, which established the executive
for the APPG. "Rest
assured," he said, "that you have the support of many, many different
parliamentarians from both houses across the whole political party spectrum,
broadly speaking because, like me, they recognise that the teaching of RE in
schools by trained, experienced RE teachers has a real and profound
significance going forward."
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