Self-employed: Paternity Leave
Debate between Lord Hintze and Baroness Lloyd of Effra(3 weeks, 3 days ago)
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Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)
The paternity review will look at whether we should extend the current entitlement for qualifying employees under the new rights that have come in, which for qualifying employees is two weeks’ leave paid at the statutory rate. The parental leave and pay review is considering whether this entitlement is sufficient.
Lord Hintze (Con)
My Lords, what is the cost of this scheme that the Government want to bring in?
Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)
The costs of all the schemes that are being suggested and the potential expansions of rights, whether for self-employed fathers or mothers, will be considered. We have taken into account the costings that have been put to us by some of the groups that are advocating for these measures, and we are assessing the full costs of these as part of the review.