Communities and Local Government Committee
Select Committee Announcement

House of Commons London SW1P 3JA
Tel 020 7219 4972 Email clgcom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk

Monday 23rd November 2009 For Immediate Release

Preventing Violent Extremism
Oral evidence session

Prevent is a cross-cutting policy that is led across Government by the Office of Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) which is part of the Home Office. Its aim is "to stop radicalisation, reduce support for terrorism and violent extremism and discourage people from becoming terrorists." In this inquiry the Committee will be considering the effectiveness of the 'Prevent' programme to date, and its likely effectiveness in the future, with particular reference to whether the Prevent programme is the right way of addressing the problem of violent extremism in communities, and whether the Government's strategy for dealing with communities has been effective, and appropriately targeted. The Committee will also consider whether the programme has reached those it aimed to target, how the programme has been received by communities and whether the Government has been speaking to the right people when formulating the 'Prevent' programme.

The first oral evidence session for this inquiry will take place as follows:

Monday 30 November 2009

At 4.20pm Quilliam
iCoCo
New Local Government Network

At 4.55pm Muslim Council of Britain
An Nisa Society
Islamic Human Rights Commission

At 5.30pm Forward Thinking
Ulfah Arts
JUST

The session will take place in Room 8, Palace of Westminster.

The session will be open to the public on a first come, first served basis. Please enter the Palace of Westminster via the visitor entrance, located next to the main St Stephen's entrance. There is no system for the prior reservation of seats in Committee Rooms. It is advisable to allow about 30 minutes to pass through security checks. Committee rooms and the timing of meetings are subject to change. Those interested in attending the session should check the venue by contacting the House of Commons Public Information Office on 020 7219 4272 on the day before the hearing.

Further oral evidence sessions will be announced in due course.

Written evidence for this inquiry can be found on the Committee's website.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Committee Membership is as follows:
Dr Phyllis Starkey MP (Chair, Lab), Sir Paul Beresford MP (Con), Mr Clive Betts MP (Lab), John Cummings MP (Lab), Andrew George (Lib Dem), Mr Greg Hands MP (Con), Anne Main MP (Con), Dr John Pugh MP (Lib Dem), Alison Seabeck MP (Lab), Andrew Slaughter MP (Lab), Mr Neil Turner MP (Lab)

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