To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 5 October (WA 47), how the community background of members of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is monitored; by whom; and how the person who does the monitoring deals with a member who declines to state their community or political background. [HL217]

On application to become a commissioner and prior to reappointment, all commissioners are required to complete an equality monitoring questionnaire and return it to the sponsoring unit within the Northern Ireland Office. It is for individual applicants and commissioners to decide what they consider to be their own community background in completing this questionnaire. A copy of this form has been placed in the Library of the House.