HC Deb 22 February 1982 vol 18 cc313-4W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the responsibilities of the new Under-Secretary of State with special responsibility for race relations within the ambit of his Department.

Sir George Young

I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Paddington (Mr. Wheeler) on 11 February. [Vol. 17, c.465.]

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the designation of a Minister with special responsibility for race relations within the ambit of his Department constitutes a new policy of positive discrimination in favour of the ethnic minorities by his Department.

Sir George Young

No.