HC Deb 10 March 2004 vol 418 cc1576-7W
Denzil Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who the Chairperson and members of the Executive Board of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia are. [157297]

Fiona Mactaggart

Under the Executive Board of the European Monitoring Centre (EUMC) governing regulation, its Executive Board is composed of the Chairman of the EUMC Management Board, the Vice-Chairman and up to three other members of the Management Board, including the person appointed by the Council of Europe and the representative of the European Commission.

The members of the current Executive Board are Robert Purkiss (Chairman), Petros Stangos (Vice-Chairman), Helene Loow, Joseph Voyame (Council of Europe) and Bernhard Jansen (European Commission).

We understand that a new Executive Board will be elected by the Management Board at its meeting in June.