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Equal Opportunities
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The remit of the committee is to consider and report on matters relating to equal opportunities and upon the observance of

equal opportunities within the Parliament.


Membership
Margaret Mitchell (Convener)   
Elaine Smith (Deputy Convener)   
Malcolm Chisholm
Marlyn Glen
Bill Kidd
Hugh O'Donnell
Sandra White
Bill Wilson
For further information on the Committee's current and past membership including substitutes, follow this link. Information on how to contact the Equal Opportunities Committee can be found on the Contact Details page.

Current Business

Work programme

Would you like to find out more about the work of the Equal Opportunities Committee?  The Committee's future meetings and other areas of interest paper (25.2KB pdf) provides details of its next few meetings and current priorities. This document is subject to change and is updated on a regular basis.

Committee Reporters

The Committee has appointed six Member as Committee Reporters, each covering one of the six equality strands: age, disability, gender, race, religion/belief and sexual orientation.

Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee has been designated as the secondary committee at Stage 1 of the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill. Further information on the Committee's scrutiny of the Bill can be found on the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill Committee page.

Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities: Review of Progress

The Scottish Government's response to the Committee's disability inquiry report, Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities: Review of Progress, was received on 12 September 2008.

Database for committee consultations on equal opportunities

Would you like to get involved in Scottish Parliamentary committee consultations relating to equal opportunities issues? Find out how to add your contact details to the equal opportunities consultation database.

Further information can be found on the Current Business page.


Committee Meetings

View live Committee meetings or View archived Committee meetings

Next Meeting:

Last Meeting: 17th Meeting, Tuesday 2 December 2008

Previous Meetings


Committee Reports

Recent Committee Reports:

Easy Read Summary (91KB pdf posted 17.06.2006) , BSL Version (19KB pdf posted 17.06.2008)

                      Scottish Government Response (19.9KB pdf)

Previous Reports.