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It was confirmed that Jo Fageant and Lynda Bussley had attended the event, held on 21^st May 2015, at which the keynote speaker was Charles Clark, former Home Secretary. The minutes of Mr Clark’s speech could be found on the NASACRE website, should members wish to review this in detail.

It was highlighted that Mr Clark was in the process of writing a book exploring the relationship between religion and schools, and that an electronic copy of the final published book would be made available to all SACREs free of charge.

The message from his speech was that all pupils in all schools should be able to access broad and balanced Religious Education, though it was noted that there remained a disconnect with this aim vs. what RE the law allows schools to deliver.