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Make search for ethnic minority and women judges obligatory, Lords Constitution Committee told

There should be an obligation to look for ethnic minority, women and other minority candidates for judge’s posts, witnesses told the latest session of the Lords Constitutional Committee looking into judicial appointments.

An amendment to Section 64 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, should be made to increase judicial diversity.

Read the rest of the blog post by Alan Rich  here >> Make search for ethnic minority and women judges obligatory, Lords Constitution Committee told