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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) strengthen statutory sick pay, end exploitative zero hours contracts, and tackle fire and rehire, with - Speech Link
2: Peter Swallow (Lab - Bracknell) This Government are delivering day one paternity leave, and we are listening on carer’s leave. - Speech Link
3: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) leave and parental leave, statutory sick pay for the lowest paid, protections for pregnant workers, - Speech Link
4: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) contracts and worse terms and conditions, with no holiday pay or sick leave. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) open.Policing remains an environment where taking paternity leave can invite mockery and where the burden - Speech Link
2: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) be scrutinised by lawmakers and the public. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) research on sex and gender in public bodies and in the research system and to set out good practice.I - Speech Link
4: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) research on sex and gender identity in public bodies and the research system, and setting out good practice - Speech Link
5: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) The consequences were predictable and serious: incoherent statistics, loss of public confidence and an - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Retail and Hospitality Sector - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Dacres of Lewisham (Lab - Life peer) opportunity and a commitment to public service. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) Families will benefit from day-one rights for paternity, parental and bereavement leave. - Speech Link
3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) public and businesses can shape the design of this power.Retail and hospitality are not just engines - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Lords message - Mon 15 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough) leave and unpaid parental leave; whistleblowing protections; establishing the Fair Work Agency; day - Speech Link
2: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) , improving parental leave and taking steps to address the massive pay gap facing social care workers - Speech Link
3: Lee Barron (Lab - Corby and East Northamptonshire) to deliver this Bill and make work pay. - Speech Link
4: Mark Sewards (Lab - Leeds South West and Morley) Day one rights for parental and bereavement leave must be rolled out, and sick pay must be improved. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) The parental leave and pay review, launched on 1 July, will examine current and future parental leave - Speech Link
2: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) Alongside expanding access to paternity leave and unpaid parental leave, benefiting over 1 million more - Speech Link
3: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) It will consider all forms of parental leave and pay, alongside current and future parental leave entitlements - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Seasonal Work - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) and paternity leave of millions of ordinary people. - Speech Link
2: Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) contracts, ending fire and rehire, day one rights on paternity, parental and bereavement leave and giving - Speech Link
3: Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) I am so proud of our enhanced parental leave, the fair pay agreement and the school support staff negotiating - Speech Link
4: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) We launched a consultation at the Budget so that the public, businesses and local government can shape - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Mon 08 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None It will be ruinously expensive for small businesses and in the public sector it will leave the taxpayer - Speech Link
2: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) Struggling businesses means fewer jobs and lower pay, so it is clear that we must look for ways to support - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough) Let the Lords explain it to the father whom they have denied day one rights to paternity leave, if he - Speech Link
4: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) They saw the impacts of covid on our key workers and the limits of statutory sick pay, and decided to - Speech Link
5: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) We are extending statutory sick pay and parental leave and setting up the fair work agency, so that it - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Men’s Day - Thu 20 Nov 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Natalie Fleet (Lab - Bolsover) It is an important class issue, with 90% of paternity leave taken by the 50% of top earners, and dads - Speech Link
2: Sarah Russell (Lab - Congleton) And what do we call two weeks of paternity leave? Not nearly enough. - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) do—pay at 90% for six weeks of paternity leave—would be a step forward, both for our young boys and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Lords message - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Angela Rayner (Lab - Ashton-under-Lyne) I do not understand it.We are going to strengthen sick pay, family rights, bereavement leave and protections - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough) We stand against maintaining the status quo of low pay, low security and little dignity at work, and - Speech Link
3: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) gaining new maternity and paternity leave rights and rights to bereavement leave.There are so many fantastic - Speech Link
4: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) He is told to stand down when winter hits and work slows, with no pay, no notice and no safety net. - Speech Link
5: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) I pay tribute to them, and put on record my thanks and gratitude for all their work in getting us to - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pay - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) , paternity pay and shared parental leave pay is less than half the minimum wage? - Speech Link
2: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) for better paternity leave and pay. - Speech Link
3: Manuela Perteghella (LD - Stratford-on-Avon) Statutory maternity and shared parental pay should be doubled and paternity leave increased. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) so let me clarify the eight areas that are in scope: maternity leave and pay; paternity leave and pay - Speech Link