Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 77947

Parental Leave

Tabled: 16 September 2025

Answered: 14 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to adopt the recommendations of the Women and Equalities Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2024-25 entitled Equality at work: Paternity and shared parental leave, HC 502

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Government thanks the committee for its careful consideration of Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave and has responded in full to the report. We recognise that more can be done to ensure working families are better supported. That is why on 1 Ju...

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