We use persuasion and our powers under the law to give everyone an equal chance to live free from fear of discrimination, prejudice and racism".
[7] When the CRE ceased to exist as a separate entity, its library was acquired by the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre at the University of Manchester.
At January 2007 the commissioners were: When it was first established, there was much judicial and governmental unrest about the scope of the Commission's investigatory powers.
In one particular case, Lord Denning MR went so far as to compare the use by the CRE of its investigative powers to "the days of the inquisition",[9] and to suggest that it had in consequence created racial discord.
[10] Subsequent House of Lords decisions made clear that the Commission had no power to launch investigations into employers' affairs where there had been no allegation of discrimination.