Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
(asked on 23rd November 2020) - View Source
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their role in the process for appointments to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
This question was answered on 7th December 2020
Appointments to the board of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are ministerial appointments, and the role of ministers in appointing EHRC commissioners is set out in the Equality Act 2006.
The appointments follow a recruitment process set out in the Governance Code for Public Appointments and are regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.