the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). However, the CRE proposed a new non-governmental public body to work alongside the CEHR to guide, advise and mediate on community relations, civic engagement and citizenship. Segregation. On 22 September 2005, in the aftermath of the July bombings in London, Trevor Phillips gave a speech, "Sleepwalking to Segregation", warning that the UK was in danger of becoming a segregated nation. National identity cards. In its January 2005 report, the CRE raised concerns over the potential effects of the Identity Cards Bill on ethnic minority and vulnerable groups in society. Commissioners See also :Category:Commissioners for Racial Equality The CRE was run by up to 15 commissioners (including the chair), who were appointed by the Home Secretary. At January 2007 the commissioners were: Kay Hampton (Chair) Khurshid Ahmed Yaseen Ahmed Mohammed Aziz Sir Colin Budd Julia Chain Jane Codona Rev Aled Edwards Dilwar Hussain Sir Dexter Hutt Uzo Iwobi Sir Digby Jones Gloria Mills Cherry Short Controversy 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", and to suggest that it had in consequence created racial discord. 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. See also British labour law Ethnic relations References Anti-racism in the United Kingdom Defunct public bodies of the United Kingdom Organisations based in the City of Westminster Race relations in the United Kingdom 1976 establishments in the United Kingdom 2007 disestablishments in the United Kingdom