To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions she has had with the chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights on the (a) mandate and (b) involvement of the Commission's Race Equality Group. (127450)

The Race Equality Group referred to in the question was set up by Ministers to advise them on the establishment of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights—it is not a group of the Commission itself. The group met three times and discussed a variety of issues including the policy agenda of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights and issues of internal governance.

The Secretary of State has now appointed the chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights alongside a Board of Commissioners, and the Commission will determine how it wishes to engage with stakeholders. Officials and I have briefed the chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights about the group's work to enable the Commission to determine how it wishes to proceed.