Race and Community APPG

The Race And Community Group exists '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'

Officers

 * Chair: Diane Abbott MP (Lab)
 * Vicechair: Peter Bottomley MP (Con)
 * Vicechair: Simon Hughes MP (LD)
 * Vicechair: Baroness Howells of St Davids (Lab)
 * Vicechair: Marsha Singh MP (Lab)
 * Secretary: Harry Cohen MP (Lab)
 * Treasurer: Keith Vaz MP (Lab)
 * Contact: Mr Harry Cohen MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6376.

£1250 from Project Fullemploy; £500 from the Windsor Fellowship; some administrative support provided by the Millennium Britons Institute (registered March 2003).

Other SourceWatch resources

 * All-Party Parliamentary Group
 * All Party Groups in the House of Commons: Subject Groups
 * All Party Groups in the House of Commons: Country Groups