Equal Opportunities Committee, 26 Jun 2000

Meeting date: Monday, June 26, 2000

Official Report 148KB pdf

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Subordinate Legislation

Members have in front of them the Census (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000. There is no requirement for the committee to comment to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee on the regulations.

The last time that we discussed these regulations, we noted that the voluntary nature of the question on religion should be highlighted on the front of the census form and that the telephone number for the helpline for people to contact should they require assistance should also be highlighted. It appears that our comments were taken on board, as those issues appear where we asked them to appear.

Unless members wish to raise issues that have come up since that meeting, I assume that we have no further comments to make. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.