Policies of local authorities and German government investigated by Committee

• Parliament TV: Citizenship and Civic Engagement
• Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee

Witnesses

Wednesday 29 November, Committee Room 3A, Palace of Westminster

At 10.30am

• Dr Henry Tam
• Councillor Saima Ashraf, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Community Leadership and Engagement, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
• Mr Stuart Dunne, Deputy Chief Executive, Youth Focus North-West

At 11.30am

• Mira Turnsek, Senior Official, German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs

Possible areas of discussion:

• What role should local authorities play in encouraging volunteering?
• To what extent are local communities involved in the provision of nationally run volunteering schemes like the National Citizen Service?
• What role should local authorities play in encouraging democratic engagement?
• The German Government has a Strategy to Prevent Extremism and Promote Democracy. To what extent do you think that these two things are linked?
• Is the German naturalisation programme for new arrivals successful in fostering integration and civic engagement?
• Do you have any views on the strengths and weaknesses of the British approach to integration?

Further information

• About Parliament: Select Committees
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