Dear All
Recently I posted that Trevor Phillips was the wrong person to head the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
The organisation is now so dysfunctional that there has been a series of resignations by senior officials.
Six commissioners have jumped ship in the past four months with questions about the leadership provided by Chairman Trevor Phillips.
Now, MPs are to looking into this mess as the communities and local government committee is to start an investigation into how the watchdog is run later this year.
It would be expect that Trevor Phillips would have to give evidence to the committee.
As a mark of the concerns this organisation has produced influential figures, such as Stonewall's Ben Summerskill and Mencap president Lord Rix, have urged Mr Phillips to quit.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was expanded from the Commission for Racial Equality and it seems that there wasn’t a clear focus and agenda of what the new body should be achieving.
This body should be there to serve all people in Britain rather than self interest groups.
Phillips is clearly a problem but it goes far deeper than just him, it is the structure and personnel who need to be looked at seriously.
It maybe that this organisation may have to be taken offline till the entire staff from top down are vetted!
In some cases this may mean replacing key personnel and possibly sacking others.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has a three and a half day a week chairman that is unacceptable in this day and age. A start could be made to alter the Chairman’s contract to full time.
It will be interesting to seek what the MPs uncover with regard to how this organisation functions and why progress is so slow.
It seems this organisation needs major help; it is a quango without teeth for proper enforcement of people’s rights.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Recently I posted that Trevor Phillips was the wrong person to head the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
The organisation is now so dysfunctional that there has been a series of resignations by senior officials.
Six commissioners have jumped ship in the past four months with questions about the leadership provided by Chairman Trevor Phillips.
Now, MPs are to looking into this mess as the communities and local government committee is to start an investigation into how the watchdog is run later this year.
It would be expect that Trevor Phillips would have to give evidence to the committee.
As a mark of the concerns this organisation has produced influential figures, such as Stonewall's Ben Summerskill and Mencap president Lord Rix, have urged Mr Phillips to quit.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was expanded from the Commission for Racial Equality and it seems that there wasn’t a clear focus and agenda of what the new body should be achieving.
This body should be there to serve all people in Britain rather than self interest groups.
Phillips is clearly a problem but it goes far deeper than just him, it is the structure and personnel who need to be looked at seriously.
It maybe that this organisation may have to be taken offline till the entire staff from top down are vetted!
In some cases this may mean replacing key personnel and possibly sacking others.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has a three and a half day a week chairman that is unacceptable in this day and age. A start could be made to alter the Chairman’s contract to full time.
It will be interesting to seek what the MPs uncover with regard to how this organisation functions and why progress is so slow.
It seems this organisation needs major help; it is a quango without teeth for proper enforcement of people’s rights.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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