§ Lord Vinsonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they are satisfied with the conduct of Industrial Tribunal case 13528 taken at Stratford SE1 in May 1997 under the chairmanship of Mr. Peter Robchant, where he ordered a small health shop owner to pay £2,000 damages for turning down a job applicant who was six months pregnant and unwilling to lift heavy loads.
§ The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Simon of Highbury)Industrial Tribunals are independent judicial bodies. I am therefore unable to comment on their decisions or on the handling of a particular case. Parties who are dissatisfied with a tribunal decision can either ask the tribunal to review its decision, or appeal, on a point of law, to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. (Such procedures are explained in a note accompanying the tribunal's decision when it is sent to the parties concerned.)