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Maria Eagle Excerpts(8 years, 3 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
With considerable skill and charm, I am quite certain about that. I thank the Minister for what she has said.
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood) (Lab)
Given the Minister’s view about this, will she take up the issue of tribunal fees, which a previous Government, of which she was a one-time member, increased significantly? Does she not accept that charging a huge fee to take a case to tribunal is one of the biggest reasons why women who have been discriminated against cannot enforce their rights?
Claire Perry
The hon. Lady will know that there has been an employment tribunal fees review and we have found no evidence that pregnancy and maternity discrimination is falling foul of the current fees system. She also knows that we are carefully considering responses to the consultation and will be responding.