HC Deb 15 March 2004 vol 419 cc63-4W
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many residents of Crosby have benefited from new rights to representation at(a) disciplinary and (b) grievance hearings. [160541]

Mr. Sutcliffe

A worker has the right to be accompanied by a fellow worker or trade union official when asked by his or her employer to attend a disciplinary or grievance hearing. There are no estimates of the number of Crosby residents who have exercised this right since it came into force in September 2000.