News In Focus
16 February 2010
Committee in call to safeguard equality services
Holyrood's Equal Opportunities Committee has issued a call for evidence on how to protect the position of equality groups as public spending tightens.
The move comes following the Finance Committee's recommendation last year that “a strategic budget scrutiny phase should be undertaken at least once in each session of the Parliament”. Its aim is to take a strategic overview of the public finances with a view to identifying priorities for the forthcoming draft budget.
The Equal Opportunities Committee agreed to undertake a brief inquiry to contribute to this work, asking "How do we ensure that the provision of public services aimed at equality groups is adequately maintained during a period of tightening public expenditure?"
Click here to see the terms of the call.
The closing date for submissions is Friday 9 April 2010.