Ministers questioned on government's integration and citizenship strategies

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• Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee

Witnesses

Wednesday 13 December, Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster

At 10.30am

• Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Faith, DCLG
• Tracey Crouch MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society, DCMS
• Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for School Standards and Minister for Equalities, Department for Education
• Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Immigration, Home Office

Possible areas of discussion

• Does the Government see a common theme of citizenship running through the three new strategies on democratic engagement, integration and civil society?
• Where is the right boundary between respecting the universal rights laid out in the Government's Fundamental British values and respecting the individual rights of communities to their own specific identities?
• Is it helpful to link promoting Fundamental British Values with counter-extremism?
• Why does the Government not consider the training of citizenship specialist teachers as a priority?
• What information does the Government have about areas with low levels of social capital particularly areas with large numbers of white working class?
• What is the Government doing to help older and disabled people volunteer?
• What efforts have the Government made when engaging with minority communities to reach past the usual suspects and gate keepers to engage with broader civil society?
• What is the Government doing to ensure communities feel ownership of Prevent?
  

Further information

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