The current arrangements for the appointment of the membership of Scottish local council education committees offend basic equal opportunity principles

Bonney, Norman (2014) The current arrangements for the appointment of the membership of Scottish local council education committees offend basic equal opportunity principles [Online resource]

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The Education Committees of Scottish Local Authorities are currently obliged to reserve three ‘external’ positions for religious organisations. A recent petition from the Edinburgh Secular Society has sought to reform these arrangements, which date back to legislation from the 1970′s and have, Norman Bonney argues, worrying legal and equalities implications.