§ Mr. John Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment when the race relations employment advisory group will meet next; and what it is due to discuss.
§ Mr. MayhewThe advisory group held its first meeting under the chairmanship of the Minister of State on 29 October and will meet again in four months' time. The agenda for that meeting has yet to be finalised.
The October meeting considered the consultative draft of the CRE's code of practice, a discussion paper on religious observance by Muslim employees and the report "Special Programmes, Special Needs" prepared by a working group convened by the MSC and the CRE.