(a)          Decision(s)

That AVDC’s Equality Report for 2016 be approved for publication in order to meet the Council’s statutory duty.

(b)          Reason(s) for Decision(s)

This is a statutory requirement.  

(c)        Alternative Options Considered

None.

(d)       Relevant Scrutiny Committee

Finance and Services.  That Committee considered the Strategy at its meeting on 9 January, 2017.  The Committee Chairman attended the meeting to elaborate upon the Committee’s deliberations.  Cabinet took the Scrutiny Committee’s views into account in reaching the decision in (a) above.

(e)        Conflicts of Interest / Dispensation(s)

None.