PRESS RELEASE

1 April 2003

OTTAWAY WELCOMES LAUNCH OF MUSLIM COALITION

Richard Ottaway, Conservative MP for Croydon South, welcomes the launch of the Muslim Coalition at City Hall on Tuesday 1st April.

Richard Ottaway says:-

"I am delighted that the Muslim community is getting itself organised. It is insufficiently represented on the Greater London Assembly, in Westminster or in the European Parliament. I hope that, as the result of a concerted effort by the newly-launched Coalition, this will change."

"We have a number of Muslim groups in Croydon and I urge them to work closely with the Coalition."

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