Issue - meetings

The Corporate Governance Officer (People and Organisation Development) presented the report and explained that the annual equality diversity inclusion report provided information on how work around equalities was progressing. It was advised that the next steps to be taken included a new equality, diversity and inclusion policy, the scope for the equalities audit which was being currently undertaken by internal audit and the action plan for the Council going forward. The committee noted that the report had been taken through Joint Staff Consultative Committee and no amendments were proposed.

A councillor expressed support for the paper and recommendations and other members concurred.

The recommendations were proposed and seconded and on being put to the vote were carried.

RESOLVED that:-

(a)    the Annual Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report be noted;

(b)    the new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy be approved; and

(c)    the actions to progress the agenda be agreed.