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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)   
Marlyn Glen (Deputy Convener)   
Malcolm Chisholm
Willie Coffey
Bill Kidd
Christina McKelvie
Hugh O'Donnell
Elaine Smith
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

Inquiry into female offenders in the criminal justice system

The Committee has published its report on female offenders in the criminal justice system. Further information can be found on the female offenders inquiry home page.

Budget Process 2010-11

The Committee is scrutinising the Scottish Government's 2010-11 Draft Budget, focusing on the issue of equal pay in the NHS.  Further information can be found on the Draft Budget 2010-2011 home page

Mainstreaming Equal Opportunities Event

The Equal Opportunities Committee held an event on mainstreaming equal opportunities on Friday 30 October 2009. Further information can be found on the Event home page.

Work programme

Would you like to find out more about the work of the Equal Opportunities Committee?  The Committee's provisional work programme provides details of its meetings and current priorities. This document is subject to change and is updated on a regular basis.

Committee Reporters

The Committee has appointed Committee Reporters, to cover the following equality strands: age, disability, gender, race, religion/belief and sexual orientation.

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 and Committee correspondence can be found on the Current Business page.


Committee Meetings

View live Committee meetings or View archived Committee meetings

Next Meeting:

Last Meeting: 16th Meeting, Tuesday 3 November 2009

Previous Meetings


Committee Reports

Recent Committee Reports:

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

Previous Reports.