Equal Opportunities Committee Scottish Parliament Petition PE 1073

More on Petition PE 1073 can be found here : http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/petitions/docs/PE1073.htm

Written submissions for Petition PE 1073 are here : http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/petitions/petitionsubmissions...

13 September 2011 : The Equal Opportunities Committee considered a petition by Tom Minogue calling for the Scottish Parliament to investigate and establish the reasons for the apparently disproportionate number of Catholics in Scottish prisons. The Committee noted the findings of recent research showing that more than one faith group was affected in this way and drawing a link to deprivation. The Committee agreed to close the petition and to write to the Scottish Government inviting it to conduct further research on the link between deprivation and regional imbalances in the prison population

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"I wash my hands of this affair" might be the title of this clip of the Equal Opportunities Committee.

The petitioner asked the Scottish Parliament: "To investigate the disproportionate number of RCs in Scottish prisons".

The petitioner asked the Public Petitions Committee to include Muslims in his petition when it became known that Muslims as well as RCs were twice as likely to end up in jail.

The E O Comm said the question has been answered.

Big money prizes for spotting the answer.