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Equal Opportunities Committee - Equalities in Scotland: A Review of Progress

BACKGROUND

The Equal Opportunities Committee agreed to conduct an exercise to assess how much movement there had been in the equalities arena in Scotland since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament.

The key objectives of this exercise were—

to identify progress achieved against the equalities agenda in Scotland since 1999;
to identify key areas where there has been insufficient progress;
to identify cross-cutting issues in relation to the equalities agenda; and
to develop a list of priorities for future action.

It was anticipated that the final outcome of the review would form both the basis of a legacy paper for the successor Equal Opportunities Committee and a potential basis for engagement with the forthcoming Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR).

TIMELINE

07 February 2006	The Committee agreed to undertake a review of equalities in Scotland since devolution, comprising: a research exercise to identify the developments which have taken place since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament; and a participation event in the Parliament to debate the findings of the research and identify an agenda for future action.
21 February 2006	The Committee agreed a research specification.
03 October 2006	The Committee agreed the structure of the proposed participation event in the Chamber to debate the findings of the research.
31 October 2006	The Committee considered the research reports.
23 February 2007	Participation event in the Chamber of the Scottish Parliament. You can find details of the event in the programme and you can watch a webcast of the debates. A written record of the debates is also available.