Justice Committee, 22 Apr 2008

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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Mainstreaming Equal Opportunities

I invite the committee to consider correspondence from the convener of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee on mainstreaming equal opportunities in the work of committees. He has written to all committee conveners to seek views on a change to standing orders that the Equal Opportunities Committee has proposed. The rule change would require other committees to report on their work to mainstream equality issues, and the Equal Opportunities Committee would collate those reports. Committees would be required to report at least once per session or in each annual report.

The practice of previous justice committees has been to report on equality issues in their annual reports. I suggest that we continue that practice and write to tell the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee about it. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

In accordance with our earlier agreement, we move into private. I thank the public for their attendance.

Meeting continued in private until 11:10.