§ Mr. Sackvilleasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to change the rules of procedures upon which the industrial tribunals operate; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyYes. Regulations containing revised rules of procedure will be laid before both Houses of Parliament early in 1985, to come into operation on 1 March 1985.
The principal change in the rules will be to allow industrial tribunals to issue some written decisions in summary form, thus saving tribunal time, accelerating tribunal procedures and reducing legalism. However, this revised procedure will not apply where one of the parties to a case requests a full decision and in certain types of case specified in the rules such as those involving sex or race discrimination. In those cases, full decisions will continue to be provided as now.
The opportunity will also be taken to make certain minor technical amendments to the rules that experience has shown to be desirable and to consolidate the rules on the procedure to be adopted in equal value cases.