| Heading: |
Employment: Parents |
| Question ID: |
1813939 |
| UIN: |
60943 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5150 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Samantha Niblett
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Samantha Niblett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is reviewing (a) the legal framework supporting working parents of children with additional and (b) potential reforms to that legal framework to help improve levels of (i) access |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4418 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Justin Madders
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| Answering Member handle: |
justinmadders
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@justinmadders
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| Answer text: |
The Employment Rights Bill will make flexible working the default, including for working parents. Employers will have to accept flexible working requests unless not reasonably feasible and explain their decision if rejecting requests.The Equality Act 2010... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |