Clause 22 - Employment tribunals
Employment Bill
12:45 pm
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 16, in page 32, line 27, at end add—
'(3) After that section there is inserted—
''13B Charges for Applications to Employment Tribunals
Employment Tribunal procedure regulations may include provision for authorising an employment tribunal to charge a fee payable by an applicant upon lodging an application with the tribunal, in such amount as the regulations shall provide.'''.
The amendment addresses an issue that was widely discussed at the time of the Government's consultation—
It being One o'clock, The Chairman adjourned the Committee without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Adjourned till this day at half-past Four o'clock.