§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take steps to ensure that adjudications on equal pay cases are dealt with by the Central Arbitration Committee rather than by industrial tribunals.
§ Mr. AlisonWe have no plans to change the current system whereby claims under the Equal Pay Act relating to individuals are dealt with by industrial tribunals and claims relating to collective agreements are dealt with by the Central Arbitration Committee.