Richard Townshend
Fiona Bruce MP
THE appointment of Fiona Bruce MP as the Government’s special envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) will help people of faith to live “without fear or favour across the world”, the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, has said.
Ms Bruce is the Conservative MP for Congleton and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. Her appointment as special envoy was announced by the Prime Minister on Sunday.
She succeeds Rehman Chishti MP, who resigned from the position in September, saying he could not support the Government’s Internal Markets Bill, which broke sections of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement (News, 18 September).