Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 87970
Conditions of Employment: North East
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Joe Morris
Labour — Hexham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to improve parental rights for workers in the North East.
Answer
Kate DeardenThrough the Employment Rights Bill, we are strengthening rights for parents by making Paternity Leave and Unpaid Parental Leave ‘day one’ rights for qualifying employees, removing restrictions on taking Paternity Leave after Shared Parental Leave, strengt...
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