| 29 July 2003
Rt Hon Lord Richard
Chair
Richard Commission
Caradog House
1-6 Saint Andrews Place
Cardiff
CF10 3BE
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| Dear Rt Hon Lord Richard, |
Commission for Racial Equality - Richard Commission
Evidence Session at Cardiff 25th July 2003
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| We welcomed the opportunity to give
evidence today and we hope the Committee found our contribution,
or be it somewhat curtailed to 20 minutes, useful in relation
to the purposes of the review on the powers and electoral
arrangements of the National Assembly for Wales. |
| We provided the Committee with a
set of papers which included the following; |
- A copy of Politics, Representation and Engagement
- Race and Political Parties in Wales
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- Various performance guidelines for public authorities
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- A copy of the CRE's Annual Report for 2001
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- A copy of the Commissions response to the governments
proposal for a Single Equality-Body
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- A copy of the evidence provided to the Equality
of Opportunity Committee at the National Assembly
for Wales
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- A copy of the CRE's leaflet, `It Could Be You'
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- A copy of the Executive Summary of `Towards Race
Equality'
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| Please also find attached, a copy
of the Commission's Annual Report for 2002, a copy of
the briefing the Commission provided to Assembly Members
entitled, `Ethnic Minorities and the National Assembly
for Wales' as well as a checklist, on mainstreaming racial
equality for Assembly Members. |
| In response to a question on the
size of the ethnic minority community. We would like to
confirm that the exact percentage of ethnic minorities
in Wales according to the 2001 Census figures for Wales
is 2.7% of the 2.9 million people living in Wales. ( This
figure includes the Irish category and therefore the visible
ethnic minorities make up 2.1 % of the population in Wales
- which accords to 62,000 people). |
| As requested by the Committee I
shall forward examples of the legislative change the Commission
achieved across a whole range of primary legislation in
Scotland for your information. |
| Should you require any further information
please let us know and we would welcome early sight of
your final report. |
| Thank you |
| Yours sincerely |
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| Dharmendra Kanani |
| Director of Countries, Regions
and Communities |
| CC: Brian Dyer |
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