LEADER'S REPORT
Minutes:
The Leader reported on the following:-
a) a successful conference on 'Combatting Racism' which he had attended along with the Chief Executive, with Gurbux Singh, the new Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality and Councillor Joe Abrams of the Local Government Association, looking at the work of the City Council on its action plan drawn up in the light of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and the McPherson report.
b) two new White papers to be published this month – one on urban issues. It was hoped that Leicester would be one of the areas in which it was launched.
c) his visit, along with the Chief Executive and the Assistant Director (Environmental Management and Protection) to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions for the Stage 2 evaluation of the Environmental Bid for Beacon Status.