Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to increase the time for which an applicant for an employment tribunal can submit a claim to include the time when employment tribunal fees were introduced.

Anybody who was previously unable to bring proceedings because of the fees can submit an application to the Employment Tribunal to have their claim heard outside of the usual time limits. These applications will be considered by a judge on a case by case basis, applying the normal judicial tests on extensions of time.

It is right that each case should be considered on its merits by the tribunal.