Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:44 pm on 11 June 2012.

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Photo of Vincent Cable Vincent Cable The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 5:44, 11 June 2012

I totally agree with my hon. Friend, who anticipates many of the things I will say. He is absolutely right that the process is very cumbersome and time-consuming. There is currently an enormous backlog of 430,000 cases and it is very costly, particularly for small companies. The whole thrust of the changes I want to introduce relates specifically to making the tribunal system much simpler and avoidable where possible.