§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the terms of reference of the Welsh consultative committee of the Commission for Racial Equality.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI am informed that the terms of reference of the Welsh consultative committee are as follows:
- A. To provide a forum for consultation on policy issues referred to them by the Commission;
- B. to raise, discuss and refer to the Commission for determination, policy issues which they feel the Commission should be considering;
- C. in particular, to provide through discussion an insight into the effectiveness of the Commission's service delivery in the region as perceived by the consumers; and
- D. to meet no more than three times a year for the purposes set out above.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the members of the Commission for Racial Equality are designated as having special responsibilities, either on a geographical or functional basis; and if he will list these in the Official Report.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI understand from the chairman of the commission that the allocation of special geographical responsibilities is as follows:
- Mr. Lincoln Crawford: the south of England
- Mrs. Shreela Flather: Wales
- Mr. Alan Gayton: the east midlands
- Dr. Farrukh Hashmi: the west midlands
- Miss Ethel Houston: Scotland
- Mr. Gursharan Singh Sarang: the north-west
- Mr. Gerald Tyler: the north-east
The commission has four functional sub-committees whose membership is as follows:
Field Services Committee
- Miss Ethel Houston
- Mrs. Lily Khan
- Mr. William Morris
- Mr. Clifton Robinson (Chairman)
- Mr. Gursharan Singh Sarang
Complaints Committee
- Mr. Lincoln Crawford
- Mr. E. Gilmour Jones
- Mrs. Lily Khan
- Mr. William Morris (Chairman)
- Mr. Clifton Robinson
- Mr. Gerald Tyler
Employment Committee
- Mr. Alan Gayton (Chairman)
- Mr. Kenneth Gill
- Professor Bhiku Parekh
- Mr. Clifton Robinson
- Mr. Gursharan Singh Sarang
- Mr. Keith Whitesides
Education, Housing and Services Committee
- Mr. Lincoln Crawford
- Mrs. Shreela Flather (Chairman)
- Dr. Farrukh Hashmi
- Professor Bhiku Parekh
- Mr. Clifton Robinson
- Mr. Gerald Tyler
Individual commissioners may also take responsibility for the conduct of particular formal investigations undertaken by the commission.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the 135W names of the members of the Welsh consultative committee of the Commission for Racial Equality together with the dates on which they were appointed and the duration of their period on this committee.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI understand that members of the commission's Welsh consultative committee are initially appointed for periods of two years, but that they may then be reappointed at the discretion of the commission. I am informed that the current membership of the committee is as follows:
Name First appointed Councillor Mrs. S. Flather (Chairman) June 1981 Mr. J. Carlile June 1981 Mr. S. Clarke June 1981 Dr. H. Cohen June 1981 Mr. J. Davies June 1981 Councillor Mrs. J. Lysaght June 1981 Mr. A. Matthews Summer 1982 Mr. R. Mooneeran June 1981 Mr. N. Ramanadan June 1981 Mr. D. Seligman June 1981 Mr. V. White MBE June 1981 *Mr. D. M. Rolph June 1981 Mr. P. Jones November 1984 Mr. B. Ashley April 1984 Insp. C. Francis November 1984 * Mr. D. M. Rolph represents the Welsh Office.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many instances during the past 12 months he has met community leaders from Wales to discuss the working of the Commission for Racial Equality in Wales.
§ Mr. WaddingtonNeither I nor my right hon. Friend have had such meetings.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Commission for Racial Equality set up its Welsh consultative committee.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI understand that the Welsh consultative committee of the Commission for Racial Equality first met on 16 June 1981.