Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 60943

Employment: Parents

Tabled: 18 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is reviewing (a) the legal framework supporting working parents of children with additional and (b) potential reforms to that legal framework to help improve levels of (i) access

Answer

Justin Madders

The Employment Rights Bill will make flexible working the default, including for working parents. Employers will have to accept flexible working requests unless not reasonably feasible and explain their decision if rejecting requests.The Equality Act 2010...

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