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Ben Bradley Excerpts
Tuesday 20th November 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kelly Tolhurst Portrait Kelly Tolhurst
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I will always engage with anyone who has a view on this particular issue. We are evaluating shared parental leave and pay to look at the barriers to take-up, including those affecting self-employed people and mothers, particularly, who qualify for maternity allowance. We are currently evaluating that and we will be reporting on that next year. However, I will meet with those people.

Ben Bradley Portrait Ben Bradley (Mansfield) (Con)
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I recently met Mike Watkinson from Nottinghamshire’s Federation of Small Businesses to discuss a number of challenges facing business in Mansfield, one of which was support and access to benefits for self-employed people. Does my hon. Friend agree that, as the party of business, it is absolutely vital that we help small business owners and support them to keep the show on the road when they need it?