§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases before industrial tribunals in the last year have been heard before a chairman alone.
§ Mr. OppenheimThe Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 1993 gave effect as from 16 December 1993 to provisions in the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 which empower industrial tribunal chairmen to hear certain cases without lay members. From 16 December 1993 until the end of October 1994, 3,148 cases have been heard before chairmen sitting alone.