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Employment Bill [HL]

I wholly accept the principle of the amendment but I am puzzled about the steps to be taken. What sort of steps does the amendment refer to? Is it an application to the High Court to order the tribunal or to give a date? How do you make that application? In other words, I agree with what the noble Baroness wants but I do not know how she wants it done. There is no time limit, which is right; I do not think that you should have a time limit. The amendment says, ““without delay””, but somebody then has to decide whether there has been too much delay. There is no provision to make an application to the High Court or to the appeal tribunal. That could be the appropriate way, but you need some means to implement the steps.