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Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of (a) chairmen and (b) wing members of industrial tribunals are women. [67742]
Mr. Ian McCartney
The Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 renamed industrial tribunals as employment tribunals from 1 August 1998.The current percentage of women who are
(a) employment tribunal chairmen (including the Presidents) is 15.4 per cent. and (b) lay members is 29.5 per cent.