At an Equal OpportunitiesCommission (EOC) Scotland event on 22 June 2005,the Minister for Communities welcomed the EOC’s research into pregnancydiscrimination in the workplace and the recommendations contained within theirreport, specifically a three-step action plan for the Scottish Executive.We are liaising with ourcolleagues in the Department of Trade and Industry about their response to theEOC’s report at a UK level and with EOC Scotland and others about eradicatingthis discrimination and how to best engage with the business community in thistask.