Employment Rights Debate
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Baroness Lister of Burtersett
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Employment Rights
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Lord Callanan (Con)
My noble friend makes an important point. It is vital, particularly if we are suffering shortages in some sectors, to get as many members of a productive workforce into work as possible. We will keep all these matters under review to see how we can ensure getting more carers back into work.
Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab)
My Lords, we were hoping that the mythical employment Bill would include a form of the failed shared parental leave scheme, under which only 2% of mothers who started maternity leave in 2021-22 transferred some shared parental leave to the father. It is now more than four years since the Government started their review of shared parental leave, potentially so important to gender equality. When will they finally produce the outcome?
Lord Callanan (Con)
That study is still going on, and I am sure we will let the noble Baroness know as soon as we have a conclusive statement to make on it.