Councillors have been asked to consider next week if a major action plan to bring harmony to the district is working - or if more can be done.

They will discuss progress on Bradford's ground-breaking community cohesion plan, adopted last year.

The plan was drawn up after the worst mainland riots in Britain erupted in Bradford two-and-a-half years ago.

All local authorities were required by the Government to draw up the plans following violence in Bradford and other parts of the country.

The major debate at next week's full Council meeting has been triggered by the executive member for education Councillor David Ward (Lib Dem, Idle) who will propose the Council reaffirms its commitment to community cohesion.

But today the general secretary of Bradford Council for Mosques, Isntiaq Ahmed, said: "If there is any failure in Bradford it is failing to give out the message of all the good things we do. People outside also need to know that we don't riot in Bradford every day."

He said good progress was being made.

Action on the plan is being led by Bradford Vision, a partnership of all the district's leading organisations, including Bradford Council.

The blueprint involved more than 30 communities and thousands of people and progress is being watched by the Home Office because it could become a national model.

Coun Ward today called on the public to tell their ward councillors what they thought had been achieved.

He said: "We want to know how people out there on the street think we are doing."

When the community cohesion blueprint was adopted the Labour Group said it was incomprehensible to the man on the street.

Deputy Leader of the Labour group Councillor Dave Green (Lab, Odsal) stood by those comments today.

He said: "Glossy documents have been produced and the Council has talked to itself and other organisations. I don't think anything has been done to improve things."

But chief executive of Bradford Vision Sharmila Gandhi said: "I think there has been an enormous amount of progress over the last two years.

"This is a three-year action plan and is now in full flow."

She said they were now setting up a forum representing the district's faiths which would take decisions on key issues. And from February 23 there would be a week of activities, including the launch of a directory of more than 80 community cohesion activities.