Parental Leave: Statutory Pay Debate
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Baroness Sherlock
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(6 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord Henley
My Lords, I am sure that staff in all the embassies in London will take note of what my noble friend has said. This is good legislation. We want it to succeed and to have its effect, but we also want to evaluate how it works and to see how it can be improved. That is what we will do later this year, and I am sure that our colleagues in the European Union will take note of any changes that we make.
Baroness Sherlock (Lab)
My Lords, I am sure that the Minister does want it to succeed. What would success look like?
Lord Henley
My Lords, I think that success would look like fathers and mothers being able to take the appropriate leave with the appropriate support so that they could manage those early weeks and months with a newborn child and properly adapt their lives. That is what we are trying to do with the original proposals for shared parental pay and leave, and that is why we want to improve them.