The All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism is a

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in the

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. The group exists to "To combat

antisemitism Antisemitism or Jew-hatred is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism depends on the school of thought. Antisemi ...

and help develop and seek implementation of effective public policy to combat antisemitism". After the

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, the group's chair is

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MP (Labour) and the vice-chairs are the MPs

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(Liberal Democrat), David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour) and Saqib Bhatti (Conservative). Secretariat to the group is provided by the PCAA Foundation. The group commissioned the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism in 2005. The inquiry panel, chaired by former Europe Minister

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, gathered written and oral evidence on antisemitism in Britain and published a report of their findings on 7 September 2006. The panel's recommendations included improved reporting and recording of antisemitic attacks; a crackdown on anti-Jewish activity on university campuses; and improved international co-operation to prevent the spread of racist material online. In 2012, Labour MP John Mann commissioned an all-party parliamentary inquiry into electoral conduct, based on a recommendation from the antisemitism report of 2006. That inquiry panel was chaired by

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and its report was published in October 2013. The Labour government responded to the inquiry twice and the

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has since responded for a third time. The Antisemitism Policy Trust acts as the Group's secretariat.

References

External links

All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism UK Parliament websiteGeneral website for the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism

Antisemitism Antisemitism or Jew-hatred is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism depends on the school of thought. Antisemi ...

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