§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Fiona Mactaggart)I am today placing in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament copies of the Report of the Fourth Annual Meeting to review the Compact on relations between Government and the voluntary and community sector on 28 April 2003.
The meeting witnessed the momentum achieved in driving the Compact as the framework guiding the relationship between Government and the voluntary and community sector. There was record attendance at this year's meeting. Local Government were represented for the first time, reflecting the need to focus on implementing the Compact at local level. We need to work together with the voluntary and community sector to achieve real change in the way the sector contributes to the delivery of better public services.