§ Lord Stoddart of Swindonasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the quinquennial review of the Equal Opportunities Commission, due to be published in September 1997, is now expected to be issued. [HL252]
§ Baroness BlackstoneWe expect to publish the report of the quinquennial review of the EOC and place copies in the Libraries of the House in January 1999.
§ Lord Stoddart of Swindonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What programmes have been embarked upon by the Equal Opportunities Commission to encourage women and girls into specific occupations where they are deemed to be numerically under-represented; whether the Commission has set in train similar programmes to encourage men and boys into occupations where they are numerically under-represented; and if not why not. [HL250]
§ Baroness BlackstoneThe Equal Opportunities Commission wants women and men to have access to the full range of jobs in every sector and at every level in the economy. The Commission supports the use of lawful measures by training, industry and employer organisations to encourage women or men into non-traditional areas of work. It may from time to time support such initiatives but the Commission does not itself fund programmes directed at one sex only.