§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment from which organisations nominations are invited or accepted for participation in industrial tribunals or the Employment Appeal Tribunal; and which interests each of them represents on these bodies.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe members of industrial tribunals, other than the legally qualified chairman, are selected from two panels of persons appointed by the 37W Secretary of State after consultation with organisations representative of employers and employed persons. Organisations consulted by the Secretary of State as being representative of employers are the Confederation of British Industry, the Retail Consortium, the Local Authorities Conditions of Service Advisory Board, the National Joint Council for Local Authorities Services (Scottish Councils), Department of Health and Social Security—for the National Health Service—the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Health and Social Work Department of the Welsh Office. The Trades Union Congress and the Managerial, Professional and Staff Liaison Group are the organisations consulted as being representative of employees.
Lay members of the Employment Appeal Tribunal are appointed by Her Majesty from among persons who appear to the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State to have special knowledge or experience of industrial relations, either as representatives of employers or as representatives of workers. The CBI and the TUC are in practice invited to submit nominations from which the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State select candidates for submission to Her Majesty.