Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 25842

Paternity Leave: Childcare

Tabled: 22 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Gregor Poynton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the potential impact of extending the statutory minimum paternity leave on (a) early childhood development and (b) relian

Answer

Justin Madders

The government is committed to supporting working families and is already delivering on this commitment. The Employment Rights Bill will make Paternity Leave and Unpaid Parental Leave ‘day one’ rights, increasing flexibility for families and helping them ...

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