Committee
Equal Opportunities Committee, 12 Dec 2006
12 Dec 2006 · S2 · Equal Opportunities Committee
Item of business
Participation (Widening Access)
Agenda item 6 is consideration of correspondence from the Local Government and Transport Committee and from the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform in relation to widening access to participation. As members will be aware, we agreed at our away day to monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the widening access to council membership progress group by writing to the Local Government and Transport Committee and to the Scottish Executive. Their responses have been circulated for today's meeting. Would members like to comment on the responses?
In the same item of business
The Convener:
Lab
Agenda item 6 is consideration of correspondence from the Local Government and Transport Committee and from the Minister for Finance and Public Service Refor...
Marlyn Glen:
Lab
We are so close to the election that there is no time for us to do anything else, but I am a bit disappointed that the Local Government and Transport Committ...
The Convener:
Lab
I agree. The issue is not within our remit, but within the remit of the Local Government and Transport Committee. However, I have concerns that the equalitie...
John Swinburne:
SSCUP
Is there any legislation that we can enforce?
The Convener:
Lab
No.
Meeting suspended until 11:06 and thereafter continued in private until 12:00.