§ Mr. TrimbleTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons are(a) qualified to act as a chairman of fair employment tribunals, (b) appointed to the panel of lay members of fair employment tribunals after consultation with organisations representative of employers and (c) appointed to the panel of lay members of fair employment tribunals after consultation with organisations representative of employed persons; how many there are in each category whose perceived religious affiliation is (i) Protestant, (ii) Roman Catholic and (iii) not determined; how many come from outside Northern Ireland; and how many of the latter were born in (1) the rest of the United Kingdom or (2) the Republic of Ireland.
§ Mr. Tim SmithAll chairmen and panel members of the fair employment tribunal have addresses in Northern Ireland. Information relating to the country of birth is not held by the Department of Economic Development. The other information sought is given in the following table:
Fair employment tribunal members qualified to act as: Total number Perceived number of: Protestants Roman Catholics (a) Chairman 3 1 2 (b) Lay panel members representative of employers 27 18 9 (c) Lay panel members representative of employees 31 13 18