B. CASES WHERE EFFECTIVE SCRUTINY HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE
50. COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN CASES
OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX
Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee,
to The Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP, Minister for Employment, Welfare
to Work and Equal Opportunities
Thank you for your Explanatory Memorandum of 16 January concerning
the Commission's Re-examined proposal of 25 November 1997 for
the Directive.
As you will know the Directive was adopted by the Council
on 15 December and indeed the final text has now been published
in the Official Journal. In these circumstances the opportunity
for scrutiny is non-existent, though I acknowledge that the common
position text was provided to the Committee on 4 November and
a further opportunity for scrutiny will arise when the Directive
is extended to the United Kingdom.
In the meantime I would be grateful for an explanation as
to why the Re-examined proposal and your Explanatory Memorandum
were not made available to the Select Committee until 16 January.
22 January 1998
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