Fiona Mactaggart MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Race Equality, Community Policy and Civic Renewal Home Office
Fiona Mactaggart became MP for Slough in May 1997. She is Parliamentary Under Secretary for Race Equality, Community Policy, and Civil Renewal, Home Office. In this capacity, she has responsibility for both faith issues and community cohesion issues. Ms Mactaggart was an inner-London primary school teacher from 1987 to 1992, and from 1992 to 1997 she was a lecturer in primary education at the London Institute of Education. She was General Secretary of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants from 1982 to 1986, and press and public relations officer for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations in 1981. She was a Liberty executive member from 1992 to 1996 and its chair from1994 to 1996. Fiona Mactaggart has a BA in English from Kings College, London, a postgraduate teaching certificate from Goldsmiths College and an MA in Education.

"Religious belief is among the most fundamental to human beings. The media must play a role in ensuring that everyone has the freedom to pursue that belief where it leads." Milica Pesic, Director	"OneWorld, a global online media network based on values of humanity and justice, is pleased to support the national conference on the media and a multi faith society." Miles Litvinoff, Programme Manager	"The Newspaper Society, the voice of Britain’s regional press, is delighted to support the national conference on the media and a multi faith society." Lynne Anderson, Communications Director

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"This conference is so important. I hope it will open up a full debate on how we can stop the spread of division and fear and instead harness the immense power of the media to promote cultural and religious diversity as a positive benefit for our society."

Jennette Arnold, Londonwide Assembly Member and
Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group for London