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Proceeding contribution from Lord Spellar (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 November 2020. It occurred during Debate on Independent Expert Panel.


Independent Expert Panel

I am afraid that the Leader of the House is reinforcing our case. It is not about whether any of these individuals are defective. For example, an industrial tribunal panel will rightly include a lawyer as the chairman, as well as a representative of employers and a representative of trade unions—that is the make-up of all industrial tribunal panels. It is about the narrowness of the experience on this expert panel, which is drawn from a very small part of society—134 people. Does he not see that the breadth of society and people who have real-life experience are not reflected on the panel?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
684 c879 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Complaints House of Commons Discrimination Pay Public appointments Members Staff Training Sexual offences Members' staff Independent Expert Panel for the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme
Link
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