Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account her Department plans to take of the findings of BIS Research Paper No. 235, on pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantage, published in July 2015, in its review of employment tribunal fees.

We are considering the Joint Report of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantage as part of the review of fees in the Employment Tribunals. We expect to publish the conclusions of the review in due course.