All-Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education is a cross-party group focusing on the provision of religious education in the UK.
Its purpose is to:
- 'provide a medium through which parliamentarians and organisations with an interest in religious education can discuss the current provision of religious education, press for continuous improvement, promote public understanding and advocate rigorous education for every young person is religious and non-religious world views.'[1]
Background
The first meeting of the All-Party Group on RE was held on 11 June 2012. The group has the intention to promote the highest possible standards of religious education for students, and to prevent, as John Keast (Chair of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales) put it, good quality RE from being 'squeezed out' of the curriculum.
A recent YouGov study showed that 63% of 18-24 year olds thought Religious Education to be relevant and necessarily taught in schools. 53% of adults in both England and Wales also say it should remain compulsory and participation in lessons is beneficial to pupils. The APPGRE is designed to help maintain the high standards of religious education that people in the UK expect to see delivered.[2]
People
Officers, September 2015
- Chair - Fiona Bruce - Conservative Party
- Vice-chair - Mary Glindon | Labour Party
- Vice-chair - David Burrowes - Conservative Party
- Secretary - Lord Indarjit Singh of Wimbledon - CB [1]
Contact
Fiona Bruce is the contact person for the group.
Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Telephone: 020 7219 7042.
Email: fiona.bruce.mp@parliament.uk.
Website
The APPGRE currently has no website in operation.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 'APPG Register 29 September 2015', parliament.uk, accessed 10 November 2015
- ↑ Philip Davies 'All party parliamentary group on RE', Philip Davies MP for Shipley, accessed 11 November 2015
