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Equal Opportunities Commission

Volume 892: debated on Friday 23 May 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an assurance that equal numbers of men and women will be appointed to the proposed Equal Opportunities Commission.

Such an exact stipulation would, in my right hon. Friend's view, be wrong, although it is his expectation that at least half of the first appointements to the commission will be women.