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Commission for Racial Equality
noun
CRE.(in Britain) a body of fourteen members appointed by the Home Secretary under the Race Relations Act 1976 to enforce the provisions of that Act
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Scotland's prosecution service, the Crown Office, will state its position, along with Police Scotland, the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner and the Commission for Racial Equality and Rights.
"I have to say that our team was astonished to see this," Mr Phillips, the former head of the Commission for Racial Equality, told the BBC's Today programme.
It took until 1976 to have legislation that criminalised racist actions in employment and housing, and established the Commission for Racial Equality, which could support people in industrial tribunals.
In 2005 the then Commission for Racial Equality produced a report into how police forces deal with racism internally.
It bought together the work of three previous bodies -the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission.
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