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Political Affairs Brief a Daily Summary of Political Events Affecting the Jewish Community 28 January 2009 Political Affairs Brief A daily summary of political events affecting the Jewish Community Scottish Council of Jewish Communities SCoJeC Contents Home Affairs Israel Community Relations Relevant Legislation Holocaust Consultations Home Affairs UK Parliament Debate Dying Well Strategy Includes Col 49WH Frank Field: …Full marks to the Government there and full marks to them for holding the line against those who believe that an appropriate way for people to end their lives is to meet up with some form of death squad. …what steps are the Government taking to try to give effect to people’s wish to die where they want? Secondly, I again ask the Government to share their ideas on the next steps in having a conversation not only with the professionals but with us lay people, who also will die at some stage?...Thirdly, given that in important areas the Government sometimes ring-fence funds, what plans do they have in this respect? http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090127/halltext/90127 h0008.htm#09012745000003 col 54WH The Minister of State, Department of Health (Phil Hope): …An initiative that we are taking to get the debate going and deal with the point raised by my right hon. Friend is the establishment of a new national coalition of organisations to raise the profile of end-of-life care. It will be led by the National Council for Palliative Care and will develop a national tool to measure public awareness and assess public attitudes to death and dying. … http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090127/halltext/90127 h0009.htm UK Parliamentary Question Cemeteries Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on ensuring that lack of out-of-hours service for burials or cremations does not prevent prompt burials or cremations required for religious purposes, with particular reference to periods of closure of services; and if he will make a statement. [248534] Bridget Prentice: Guidance published in 2006 encouraged burial ground managers to explore the local demand for out-of-hours working, especially where required for religious reasons, and to ensure that every effort was made to deal 1 with individual applications. We have not issued similar guidance to cremation authorities but understand from their representative bodies that authorities will provide for religious and cultural requirements wherever possible. Each authority should have local arrangements in place to cater for the needs of their particular community. We will, however, consult the representative bodies and members of our faith forum on whether it would be helpful to issue general guidance on this issue. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090127/text/90127w00 23.htm#09012764000078 TOP Community Relations UK Parliamentary Questions Community Relations: Islam Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings Ministers in her Department have had with groups of British Muslims on the possible effects of events in Gaza since 27 December 2008 on community cohesion; and what the names were of the individuals who attended each meeting. [252095] Mr. Khan: Since 27 December the following meetings have been held: On 6 January I and Bill Rammell, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs met a range of representatives and individuals from a number of organisations including but not limited to the Quilliam Foundation, Muslim Council of Britain, British Muslim Forum, the Sufi Muslim Council, the Al Khoei Foundation, the UK Ismaili Council and the Ithna Asheri Khoja Shia World Federation. On 8 January I and Bill Rammell, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, met members of the National Muslim Women's Advisory Group (NMWAG). On 10 January I met the Young Muslims Advisory Group (YMAG) at their YMAG residential meeting. On 12 January the Communities Secretary, the Foreign Secretary and I met representatives and individuals from a number of organisations including but not limited to the Quilliam Foundation, Muslim Council of Britain, British Muslim Forum, City Circle, the YMAG, British Muslims for a Secular Democracy, the Sufi Muslim Council, the Al Khoei Foundation, the UK Ismaili Council and the Ithna Asheri Khoja Shia World Federation. On 13 January I and Bill Rammell, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, met members of the YMAG. On 15 January the Communities Secretary and the Home Secretary met representatives and individuals from a number of organisations, including the Sufi Muslim Council, Al Khoei Foundation, the NMWAG, the Ithna Asheri Khoja Shia World Federation, Association of Muslim Social Scientists, the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, Active Change Foundation, and Quilliam Foundation. On 15 January I met members of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board. On 15 January I also met front line providers and deliverers to hear their concerns. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090127/text/90127w001 4.htm#09012764000011 2 Racism Lord Ouseley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the assessment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission that institutional racism is no longer a feature of British society but that systemic bias exists, requiring different responses. [HL827] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): The Government agree with the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission that institutional racism has not been eliminated but that there has been much progress since the Macpherson report was published 10 years ago. The Government's new equality Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech in December, will help to address the issue by creating a single new equality duty on public bodies to tackle discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and encourage good community relations. The new duty will cover race, disability, and gender, as now, but will also include age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and religion or belief, replacing the three existing, separate duties with a single more effective framework. The equality Bill will also contain provisions on positive action that go further than ever before, to the limits of what is permissible under European law. Any use of these provisions will remain voluntary, but we believe that there are sound and compelling business arguments for organisations to take positive action steps to ensure that they employ a diverse workforce. Diverse workforces ensure that organisations such as the police services better reflect the make-up of the society that they serve. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldhansrd/text/90127w0003.htm#09012 756000374 UK Parliament: Early Day Motion John Mann (605) Antisemitism on campus – That this House notes the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Anti-Semitism's report, and in particular the section on Anti- Semitism in Higher Education and its five recommendations; welcomes the improved reporting of incidents through the Community Security Trust and the Union of Jewish Students; recognises the recent increase in attacks linked to hostilities in the Middle East, the related incidents that have taken place in universities and reports that January 2009 has the highest number of reported anti-Semitic incidents for any month since records began in 1984; welcomes the Holocaust memorial events that are taking place across campuses, the adoption by the NUS of the EUMC Working Definition on Anti-Semitism and how some institutions have responded when occurrences of anti-Semitism have emerged; believes that more can and should be done by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, further education institutions and the sector as a whole; and therefore calls for more progress on the issue, with greater urgency, and a Government working group on anti-Semitism on campus in order to develop better reporting systems, understanding of the EUMC working definition of anti-Semitism, speaker request processes, guidance on religious observance and timetabling examinations and implementation of the Race Relations Amendment Act. http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=37642&SESSION=899 Northern Ireland Assembly: Debate Shared Future (community cohesion) http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/record/reports2008/090127.htm#6 3 Northern Ireland Executive Shared Future … Speaking during yesterday’s Private Members Motion on the Cohesion, Sharing and Integration (CSI) policy, the Junior Minister said …“The motion claimed the vision of a shared and better future for everyone no longer matters to OFMDFM Ministers. I refuted this in the strongest possible terms. It is inaccurate, ill informed and untrue. “This is too important an issue for party politics. I believe the motion failed to recognise the good work that has been undertaken and disregarded those who we have supported,” said Junior Minister Kelly. “We have increased our budget for good relations by a third to almost £30million. Far from marginalising this work, we have increased support to this area. “Funding to support the integration of minority ethnic groups into communities increased by 66% from £600,000 in 2007 to £1million in 2008 and will continue at £1million for 2009. Again, the proposers focused on playing party politics and did not reflect reality. 3Targeted resources for on-the-ground projects for young people to prevent them being
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