34. The services are improving their programmes for the employment and development of ethnic minority staff and are making sure that ethnic minority staff are not restricted to a limited range of jobs, or placed under unreasonable pressures by reason of their colour. They should, moreover, be employed where possible in positions where they are publicly visible and are able by their presence to reassure the ethnic minority communities that the service to which they belong is one in which they can have confidence. It is also important to make sure that people from the ethnic minorities are receiving their fair share of the services that are being provided to the public, that they are receiving the same quality of service as other people, and that they are showing the same level of satisfaction. Effective monitoring and information systems are needed in matters both of employment and of service delivery. They are difficult to construct but they are gradually being developed and put in place in each of the services concerned. The Government is fully committed to promoting and supporting these developments. Other measures against racial discrimination 35. The Race Relations Act 1976, which applies to the whole of Great Britain but not to Northern Ireland, where the problems are of a different kind, is generally working well, but the Government remains ready to fill any gaps where it thinks this is necessary and where the opportunity arises. The Act has been amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 to make it unlawful for a planning authority to discriminate against a person in carrying out its planning functions. By virtue of the Housing Act 1988, the Commission for Racial Equality now has the power, subject to the approval of Parliament, to 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the promotion of equal opportunities and anti-discrimination policies in the workplace and public services, with a focus on ethnic minority staff and communities. It mentions specific laws and regulations, such as the Race Relations Act 1976, and the development of monitoring and information systems to ensure fair treatment and equal access to services.

**Category**
Employment, Education