HC Deb 21 October 1985 vol 84 cc41-2W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the addresses and telephone numbers of all the offices of the Commission for Racial Equality in Wales.

Mr. Waddington

The Commission for Racial Equality has no offices in Wales.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the members of the Commission for Racial Equality, together with the date of their appointments and the duration of their period of office, indicating which were appointed as having a particular knowledge of circumstances in Wales.

Mr. Waddington

The present membership of the Commission for Racial Equality is as follows:

Date of original appointment Date of expiry of appointment
Mr. Peter Newsam (Chairman) 1 September 1982 31 August 1987
Mr. Clifton Robinson, CBE JP (Deputy Chairman) 28 April 1977 31 October 1985
Mr. Lincoln Crawford 1 May 1984 30 April 1986
Mrs. Shreela Flather JP 29 April 1980 30 April 86
Mr. Alan Gayton JP 1 May 1982 30 April 1986
Mr. Kenneth Gill 16 February 1981 30 April 1987
Date of original appointment Date of expiry of appointment
Dr. Farrukh Hashmi, OBE, MP BS, DPM, FRC, Psych 29 April 1980 30 April 1986
Miss Ethel Houston, OBE, LLB, MA 1 May 1984 30 April 1986
Mr. E. Gilmour Jones 1 May 1982 30 April 1986
Mrs. Lily Khan 1 May 1984 30 April 1986
Mr. William Morris 28 April 1977 30 April 1987
Professor Bhiku Parekh 1 May 1984 30 April 1986
Mr. Gurcharan Singh Sarang 1 May 1984 30 April 1986
Mr. Gerald Tyler 1 May 1982 30 April 1986
Mr. Keith Whitesides, JP, M Phil, LLB 1 June 1984 31 May 1986

Commissioners are chosen for their personal qualities and for their general knowledge and experience of the areas covered by race relations legislation. Mrs. Flather is the commissioner with special responsibility for the commission's affairs in Wales.