Draft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 Debate
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Gavin Newlands
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Draft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020
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Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir David. I rise simply to reiterate the SNP’s support for this measure. I served on the Bill Committee for the 2018 Act. alongside my hon. Friends the Members for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) and for Glasgow East (David Linden). I record our thanks and support to the Members outlined by the Minister. I also thank the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) for her dogged work in this area, following her own personal tragedy. I must also commend my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran, who has spoken movingly on this issue following her own personal tragedy.
I echo the Minister in saying that this measure is about setting a minimum. I urge employers to go further where possible and necessary. No parent should lose out financially in the worst and most stressful moment of their lives.