§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of employers he estimates are complying with the recommendations of the Commission for Racial Equality which came into force on 1 April and in particular those recommendations concerning ethnic monitoring.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI am unable to give such an estimate. The status of the Commission for Racial Equality's code of practice is not such as to make the term "enforcement" appropriate, but my Department's Race Relations Employment Advisory Service is in regular contact with industry seeking to persuade employers to consider and apply the practical guidance given in the code of practice.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment on how many of the courses which his officials have arranged for employers concerning the operation of the code of the Commission for Racial Equality which came into force on 1 April officials of the commission have been in attendance.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI shall include this information in the reply I have promised to give the hon. and learned Member in response to his question of 17 May, at column 228.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will arrange for officials of the Commission for Racial Equality to be in attendance on all future courses given by his officials to explain the operation of the code of the Commission for Racial Equality which came into force on 1 April.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkNo. However, my Department's Race Relations Employment Advisory Service will continue, where appropriate, to co-operate with local community relations councils and officials of the Commission for Racial Equality in arrangements for courses on the code of practice.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will arrange for a copy of the code of the Commission for Racial Equality to be supplied to every chairman and member of industrial tribunals.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkCopies of the code have already been supplied to all industrial tribunal chairmen and to all those tribunal members who have been specially selected to sit on cases brought under the Race Relations Act.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has issued guidance to chairmen and members of industrial tribunals concerning the operation of the code of the Commission for Racial Equality which came into force on 1 April.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe industrial tribunals are independent judicial bodies and it would be wrong for the Government to issue guidance on this matter.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will arrange courses for chairmen and members of industrial tribunals concerning the code of the Commission for Racial Equality which came into force on 1 April.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe content of training courses for industrial tribunal chairmen and members is the responsibility of the presidents of the industrial tribunals.