HC Deb 16 April 1980 vol 982 c650W
Mr. Tilley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he intends to replace the five members of the Commission for Racial Equality whose contracts have not been renewed; and if he will make a statement on his policy towards the direct representation of the black community on the commission.

Mr. Raison

Yes. Members of the commission are appointed in an individual capacity and not as representatives, but we would wish to ensure that the commission has members from the main ethnic minority communities.

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which ethnic groups are represented on the Commission for Racial Equality.

Mr. Raison

Members of the commission are not appointed as representatives of particular ethnic minority communities but the commission has at present three members of West Indian origin, a Punjabi, an Asian from Kenya, a member from Bangladesh and one from Pakistan.

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