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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 23 Mar 2022
Covid-19 and the Courts (Constitution Committee Report)

"My Lords, the Constitution Committee applauded the “monumental effort” of those working in the courts to maintain a functioning system during the pandemic, but equally recognised that those efforts could not obscure the scale of the challenge faced. As others have said, the courts system was already struggling with major …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 May 2021
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, the Government’s legislative programme is inseparable from a well-functioning courts system. In its report, COVID-19 and the Courts, the Constitution Committee, on which I sit, applauded the monumental effort by all those working in the courts to maintain a functioning justice system during the pandemic. …..."
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Written Question
Employment Tribunals Service
Tuesday 24th June 2014

Asked by: Baroness Drake (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lower the level of fees for access to employment tribunals.

Answered by Lord Faulks

The Justice Secretary is committed to reviewing the impact of the introduction of fees in the employment tribunal system. The Ministry of Justice is currently finalising arrangements for the timing and scope of the review to ensure that the impacts can be properly assessed. An announcement will be made when the review begins, and again when it has been completed, setting out the results.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Jul 2013
Added Tribunals (Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal) Order 2013

"My Lords, on any reading this order raises the barriers to an effective remedy to enforce employment rights for ordinary people. Yes, some employees will bring cases without merit but in my experience, from 27 years as first an ET member and then an EAT wing member, most claimants have …..."
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