HC Deb 08 March 1979 vol 963 cc731-2W
Mr. Tilley

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement on the progress of consultations with staff on the Tavistock Institute report "Application of race relations policy in the Civil Service".

Mr. Charles R. Morris

A joint working party has been established under the Civil Service Department's chairmanship, with representation from the national staff side and the trade union side of the joint co-ordinating committee, to consider the monitoring of race relations policy in the Civil Service in the light of the Tavistock Institute's report. As a first reaction, the working party has commissioned a number of papers to assist its discussions, and it will be meeting again in April.