Issue - meetings

As recommendation.  

The Executive Member for Corporate Management introduced the report to agree the Council’s set of equality objectives as a basis for the Strategic Equality Plan (SEP) 2012-2016 and to advise the Executive of the requirements to ensure compliance with the public sector equality duties of the Equality Act 2010.

The Chief Executive said that this was a significant plan and the Authority was on target to implement from April 2012.  If it was adopted the plan would be published immediately. 

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the local equality objectives for publication and the Strategic Equality Plan 2012-2016 be approved; and

(b)       That the requirements of the specific duties of the Equality Act 2010 be noted.