to refer to the collective ethnic minority population. These include "black and minority ethnic" (BME), "black, Asian and minority ethnic" (BAME) and "black and ethnic minority" (BEM). These terms have been criticised on a number of grounds, including for excluding national minorities such as the Cornish, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish from the definition of ethnic minorities, for suggesting that black people (and Asian people, specifically the South Asians with BAME) are racially separate from the ethnic minority population, and for including under a single label heterogenous groups with little in common with each other. A survey published in November 2020 found that the term "BAME" offended those whom it attempts to describe, with "ethnically diverse communities" preferred when speaking broadly, and relevant terms for a specific community or person. In December 2021, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 committed to not using the term "BAME", in order to provide better representation of specific ethnic groups. In November 2022, the Labour-run Westminster City Council committed to replace BAME with "global majority." However, Conservative MP John Hayes remarked that the change was "deeply sinister and must be resisted at every turn." See also Demographics of the United Kingdom Notes External links Ethnic group classification at ONS (PDF) Measuring Equality: A guide for the collection and classification of ethnic group, national identity and religion data in the UK, Office for National Statistics, 2011 Office for National Statistics Classification of people