Commission for Racial Equality

noun

1. (in Britain) a body of fourteen members appointed by the Home Secretary under the Race Relations Act 1976 to enforce the provisions of that Act CRE

Example Sentences

"I have to say that our team was astonished to see this," Mr Phillips, the former head of the Commission for Racial Equality, told the BBC's Today programme.

From BBC

It took until 1976 to have legislation that criminalised racist actions in employment and housing, and established the Commission for Racial Equality, which could support people in industrial tribunals.

From The Guardian

In 2005 the then Commission for Racial Equality produced a report into how police forces deal with racism internally.

From BBC

It bought together the work of three previous bodies -the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission.

From The Guardian

“I think it did no harm as part of the process of trying to build better race relations. Fundamentally I don’t think it does anything to alter the deprivation and the class and race-related issues that deeply affect many people in this country,” said the peer, who is a former executive chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality.

From The Guardian