COLOUR OF POWER STUDY ON BAME REPRESENTATION

Early day motion 340, tabled 9 October 2017 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 14 members.

That this House recognises the excellent work done by the Guardian and Operation Black Vote through their colour of power studies; notes their findings showing that out of the 1,000 most powerful executives in the UK only 36 come from BAME backgrounds; and calls on the Government to support efforts to increase BAME representation in all sectors of business and society.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 7, Labour 3, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Plaid Cymru 1.