§ Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what arrangements are in hand to ensure that his Department complies with the monitoring and positive action recommendations of the draft code of Equal Opportunities Commission following the publication on 9 February 1984, the "Programme of Action on Women in the Civil Service".
§ Mr. JoplingArrangements which accord with the monitoring and positive action recommendations of the code are already in hand following the publication on 9 February 1984 of the "Programme of Action on Women in the Civil Service". Existing joint management and trade union machinery is being used at departmental and national level to review such matters as promotion, selection for training and the incidence of part-time working. Women are being encouraged to attend courses—particularly developmental courses—and to make the maximum use of the training opportunities available. Use is being made of the Civil Service college course in middle management for women and consideration is being given to whether such courses can be introduced into our departmental training programme.