Covid-19: Maternity and Parental Leave

Yes, please—it is a one-way anticlockwise system. I call Catherine McKinnell.

4.33 pm

I beg to move,

That this House has considered e-petition 306691 relating to the impact of C...

Order. We will start with a time limit of five minutes for Backbench speeches.

4.44 pm

It is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKi...

It is a great pleasure to speak in this debate. I thank the Petitions Committee for its excellent...

I thank those hon. Members who have led on the issue for many months and set out quite a lot of a...

After the next hon. Member, the time limit will be reduced to four minutes; but, with five minute...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a joy to be back in Westminster Hall. It is a joy to be th...

Order. The time limit is now reduced to four minutes. I call Sarah Owen.

5.4 pm

Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for N...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) for whom I am full of adm...

Order. I should make it clear that there is no prohibition on interventions. We can have a robust...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I hope that nobody will take that advice as a reason to have a g...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Madam Deputy Speaker.

In commencing my c...

It is good to be back, Madam Deputy Speaker. I also want to congratulate the hon. Member for Newc...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship in such an important debate, Madam Deputy Speak...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. I welcome the opportunity to disc...

My thanks go to the Petitions Committee and the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Cather...

It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Madam Deputy Speaker. I begin by thanki...

It is a delight to respond to the debate on behalf of the Opposition, and to see you back in the ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate the hon. ...

It is the unpaid part that is not generous and that is still unaffordable. Will the Minister plea...

As I say, it is the overall aspect of the right balance, in terms of maternity leave, between the...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not, because I have literally only a minute left and I want the hon. Member for Newcastle ...

I appreciate the Minister’s response, but I think that the petitioners will be incredibly disappo...

Thank you all very much for responding so well to the new way in which we are doing things in Wes...