Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill

Author: Nicki Georghiou

PDF Published: Thursday 14 Sep 2017 (SB 17-64)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
  - Scotland Act 2016
- Efforts to increase diversity on public boards
  - Consultation on mandatory quotas
  - Public Sector Equality Duty
  - Ministerial public appointments
  - Higher Education Institutions
- Issues
  - Benefits of diversity
    
    Barriers and overcoming them
  - Positive action and positive discrimination
  - Mandatory quotas or voluntary targets?
    
    Are mandatory quotas discriminatory?
  - Statistics on board diversity
- The Bill
  - The consultation
  - Gender representation objective
  - Definitions of where the Bill applies
    
    Appointing person
    
    Excluded position
    
    Non-executive member
    
    Public bodies
  - Positive action - 'tie-breaker'
  - Encouraging women to apply for membership on public boards
  - Reporting requirement
  - Regulations
  - Schedule 2
  - Financial implications
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