HC Deb 04 February 2000 vol 343 cc744-5W
Jean Corston

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who he is appointing as the new Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality. [109086]

Mr. Straw

I am very glad to announce that I have today appointed Gurbux Singh as Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality.

Gurbux Singh is currently the Chief Executive of the London Borough of Haringey and a member of my Race Relations Forum. The appointment is for four years initially.