The Conservative Party have today announced the appointment
of Professor Swaran Singh to lead the independent review into
improving party handling of complaints of all forms
of discrimination and prejudice, including
Islamophobia.
This independent review will look at how we can improve our
processes - to make sure that any instances are isolated, and
that there are robust processes in place to stamp them out as and
when they occur.
Until 2019, Professor Singh was a Commissioner of the
Equality and Human Rights Commission. He is currently the
Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at the University of
Warwick.
Commenting, Professor Swaran Singh, said:
“I am privileged to have been appointed to chair the
independent review into improving handling of complaints of
prejudice and discrimination in the Conservative Party.”
Commenting, , Chairman of the
Conservative Party, said:
“I am pleased to announce Professor Swaran Singh as the
Chair of the independent review into prejudice and discrimination
in the Conservative Party.
“The Conservative Party has always worked to act swiftly
when allegations have been put to us and there are a wide range
of sanctions to challenge and change behaviour.
“The Conservative Party will never stand by when it comes
to prejudice and discrimination of any kind and it is right to
hold an independent review, so we can stamp out unacceptable
abuse that is not fit for public life.”
ENDS
Notes to Editors
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Swaran Singh is the Professor of Social and Community
Psychiatry at the University of Warwick. Singh was
appointed Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at the
University of Warwick in March 2006 (University of
Warwick, link).
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Swaran Singh was appointed as a Commissioner to the
Equality and Human Rights Commission board in
2013. (Equality and Human Rights
Commission, link).
- The timetable
of the review will be determined by the independent chair.
