HC Deb 03 May 1995 vol 259 cc237-8W
Ms Eagle

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress he hopes to achieve in his Department over the next three months to push forward the declaration signed in October 1994 at the Vienna conference in preparation for the fourth UN conference on women; and if he will agree to incorporate a section on equal opportunities in his Department's annual report. [21478]

Mr. Ancram

The Government are committed to the principles set out in the regional platform for action agreed at the preparatory conference in Vienna for the fourth UN world conference on women. We have taken these forward through a wide range of programmes and initiatives and will continue to do so.

Progress on equal opportunity matters in relation to staff in the Northern Ireland civil service will continue to be reported in detail in the regular published reports produced by the service's equal opportunities unit.