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Board president Marie van der Zyl meets Baroness Warsi privately to discuss 'concern and past disagreement'

The JC understands Baroness Warsi tried to lobby her on relations with fast-growing Muslim advocacy group

July 26, 2018 16:57
Baroness Warsi
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The president of the Board of Deputies has held a private meeting with Baroness Warsi, the former Minister for Faith and Communities and ex-Conservative Party chair, to discuss “matters of common concern and past disagreement”.

Marie van der Zyl met the peer for talks in Central London last week in a meeting set up following a request from Gerald Ronson, the chairman of the Community Security Trust. 

The Board confirmed the meeting took place, but refused to give further details on the agenda. 

But the JC understands that Baroness Warsi attempted to lobby Mrs van der Zyl on the issue of relations with Mend — Muslim Engagement and Development — the fastest-growing and most active Muslim advocacy group in Britain.