To improve the quality of maternity services, raise awareness of the contribution maternity care can make to public health, and improve support during the first 1000 days of parenthood.
1. Maternity benefits: detailed guide
11/08/2020 - Department for Work and Pensions
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Found: Guidance
Maternity benefits: detailed guide
Find out about the 2 maternity benefits available
2. Universal Credit, Maternity Allowance & SMP
04/05/2020 - Early Day Motions
Found: by the different treatment of Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay by the Department of Work
3. Committee of the Whole House Amendments as at 11 February 2021
11/02/2021 - Bill Documents
Found: The intention of this amendment is to make paid maternity absence mandatory for qualifying
Ministerial
4. Notices of Amendments as at 8 February 2021
09/02/2021 - Bill Documents
Found: The intention of this amendment is to make paid maternity absence mandatory for qualifying
Ministerial
5. Notices of Amendments as at 9 February 2021
10/02/2021 - Bill Documents
Found: The intention of this amendment is to make paid maternity absence mandatory for qualifying
Ministerial
1. Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill
11/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: all Ministers for the first time to take paid maternity leave from their job for an extended period. Thanks - Speech Link
2: extended time for maternity pay? Are there incentives for companies to extend maternity pay? We really need - Speech Link
3: for hon. Members in this place who wish to take maternity leave. This has been highlighted by many colleagues - Speech Link
2. Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances Bill
11/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: The intention of this amendment is to make paid maternity absence mandatory for qualifying Ministerial office-holders - Speech Link
2: this amendment is to extend the period of paid maternity absence from 6 to 12 months.Clause 1 stand - Speech Link
3. Redundancy Protection: Women and New Parents
28/04/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: mothers are made redundant during pregnancy or maternity leave, or on their return to work. That shocking - Speech Link
4. Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill
01/03/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: Opposition spokesmen for the first time to take paid maternity leave from their job for an extended period. It - Speech Link
2: of ensuring that the Attorney General can take maternity leave as a matter of urgency. It is shocking that - Speech Link
3: this amendment in a Bill that deals with the maternity leave arrangements of one woman who happens to - Speech Link
5. Ockenden Review
10/12/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: midwife Donna Ockenden, a clinical expert in maternity who was tasked with assessing the quality of previous - Speech Link
2: only a fortnight after another damning report on maternity safety—Bill Kirkup’s report “The Life and Death - Speech Link
asked by: Alan Campbell
21/04/2021
... what recent progress his Department has made on increasing neonatal (a) pay and (b) leave. 2. Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay
asked by: Stephen Timms
27/04/2020
... how many people started receiving (a) statutory maternity pay and (b) maternity allowance in each quarter since April 2016. 3. Maternity Services
asked by: Esther McVey
07/12/2020
... (b) maternity units and (c) post-natal care in the NHS to pre-covid-19 outbreak levels. 4. Maternity Services
asked by: Catherine West
16/07/2020
... whether his Department will review guidance to allow birthing partners to accompany pregnant women to appointments and to labour. 5. Maternity Services
asked by: Scott Benton
09/11/2020
... what steps his Department has taken to prioritise quality maternal care since that report was published.
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4 Current APPG Officers
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David Amess
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Southend West
Joined: 30th July 2015Allergy , Bermuda , British Overseas Territories , Caribbean , Endometriosis , Epilepsy , Fairs and Showgrounds , Fire Safety and Rescue , Food and Health , Hairdressing, Barbering and Cosmetology , Human-Relevant Science , Learning Disability , Liechtenstein , Maldives , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Parkinson's , Performing Arts Education and Training , Pharmacy , Philately , Philippines , Photography , Publishing , Qatar , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Recovery from Addictions , San Marino , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia , Zoos and Aquariums
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Contact Details
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Sir David Amess MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3452.
Email: amessd@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Stuart Bonar, Royal College of Midwives, 10-18 Union Street, London SE1 1SZ . Tel: 0300 303 0444
Email: Stuart.Bonar@rcm.org.uk
No benefits in kind are on record for the Maternity APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Maternity APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Chris Heaton-Harris
Vice Chair
Conservative - Daventry
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Earl of Listowel
Vice Chair
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Autism , Children , Children who need Palliative Care , Dark Skies , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Albert Owen
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016