§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2004,Official Report, column 922W, on reinstatement committees, if she will make a statement on the training regime undergone by members of employment tribunals, with particular reference to reinstatement committees. [150208]
§ Mr. SutcliffeThere is little to add to my previous answer. The chairmen of employment tribunals are trained to research the relevant law as necessary before any hearing and to give guidance to the lay members on the relevant legal principles and their application to any particular case.