Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 89033

Paternity Leave: Newton Abbot

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending paternity leave for the residents of Newton Abbot constituency.

Answer

Kate Dearden

We recognise that more can be done to support working families. That is why, through the Employment Rights Bill, we are making Paternity Leave a ‘day one’ right, which will bring an extra 32,000 fathers and partners into scope of the entitlement.On 1 July...

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