asked the Minister for the Civil Service what progress has been made with staff interests on consultations about the Tavistosk Institute report on the application of race relations policy in the Civil Service.

As the hon. Member will know, a joint working party has been established under the Civil Service Department's chairmanship, with representation from the national staff side and the trade union side of the joint coordinating committee, to consider the monitoring of race relations policy in the the Civil Service in the light of the Tavistock Institute's report. No conclusions have yet been reached.