Sharon Keogan (Independent)
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I thank Ms Walsh very much. The Add the 10th Alliance proposed a definition of social economic status that includes factors like accent, address and education level. However, given the broad and sometimes subjective nature of these indicators, how does it ensure this does not create legal uncertainty or open a door to overly expansive claims that are difficult to adjudicate fairly? For instance, in the case of education level, there is sometimes a requirement for a particular role. Many jobs require that people have a certain level of education level or a particular accent.

We have hundreds of accents in this country. Will the witnesses answer that?