Letter dated 11/12/2013 from Viscount Younger of Leckie to Lord Stevenson of Balmacara regarding the debate on shared parental leave and flexible working during the Committee stage of the Children and Families Bill. 5 p.

Letter dated 11/12/2013 from Viscount Younger of Leckie to Lord Stevenson of Balmacara regarding the debate on shared parental leave and flexible working during the Committee stage of the Children and Families Bill. 5 p.

My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson) has made the following statement

We are introducing a new system of Shared Parental Leave through the Children and Families Bill, which is currently before Parliament, and secondary legislation. It is our intention that...

My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson) has made the following statement

We are introducing a new system of Shared Parental Leave through the Children and Families Bill, which is currently before Parliament, and secondary legislation. It is our intention that...

Modern workplaces: consultation on the administration of shared parental leave and pay - government response. 26 p.

Modern workplaces: consultation on the administration of shared parental leave and pay - government response. 26 p.

We are introducing a new system of shared parental leave through the Children and Families Bill, which is currently before Parliament, and secondary legislation. It is our intention that the new system be workable and easy to manage for both employers and employees.

Today, I am publishing the Government’s response to...

We are introducing a new system of shared parental leave through the Children and Families Bill, which is currently before Parliament, and secondary legislation. It is our intention that the new system be workable and easy to manage for both employers and employees.

Today, I am publishing the Government’s response to...

My Lords, we have moved on to Part 6 which has been greatly anticipated on my side of the House and, I am sure, with equal enthusiasm and excitement by my friend the Minister. We have a substantial number of amendments to get through and I know there is pressure...

My Lords, we have moved on to Part 6 which has been greatly anticipated on my side of the House and, I am sure, with equal enthusiasm and excitement by my friend the Minister. We have a substantial number of amendments to get through and I know there is pressure...

My Lords, Amendment 266AA would introduce regulations to enable shared parental leave to be taken on a part-time basis, if desired, rather than in blocks of at least a week. I am grateful to Working Families for its assistance with this amendment, which has the support of a long list...

My Lords, Amendment 266AA would introduce regulations to enable shared parental leave to be taken on a part-time basis, if desired, rather than in blocks of at least a week. I am grateful to Working Families for its assistance with this amendment, which has the support of a long list...

My Lords, the purpose of my Amendment 266AAA is to replicate vital existing protections afforded to women on maternity leave within the new system of shared parental leave. It provides protection to parents for the entire period during which they are entitled to take shared parental leave, rather than simply...

My Lords, the purpose of my Amendment 266AAA is to replicate vital existing protections afforded to women on maternity leave within the new system of shared parental leave. It provides protection to parents for the entire period during which they are entitled to take shared parental leave, rather than simply...

My Lords, Amendments 266B and 266CA concern the father’s entitlement to and use of parental leave. Amendment 266B paves the way, again by means of secondary legislation, for a father quota. Such a quota would provide a father with an independent right to at least four weeks’ parental leave at...

My Lords, Amendments 266B and 266CA concern the father’s entitlement to and use of parental leave. Amendment 266B paves the way, again by means of secondary legislation, for a father quota. Such a quota would provide a father with an independent right to at least four weeks’ parental leave at...

My Lords, Amendment 267, in the names of myself and my noble friend Lady Drake, suggests changes to the statutory leave and pay

of prospective adopters with whom looked-after children are placed, special guardians and family and friends carers. Insertions are suggested to sections of the Employment Rights Act 1996...

My Lords, Amendment 267, in the names of myself and my noble friend Lady Drake, suggests changes to the statutory leave and pay

of prospective adopters with whom looked-after children are placed, special guardians and family and friends carers. Insertions are suggested to sections of the Employment Rights Act 1996...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 267A, I will speak also to Amendments 267B and 267C.

Amendment 267A proposes a new form of unpaid adjustment leave similar to parental leave—a modest entitlement of a one-off period of at least four weeks for a kinship carer during the first year after a child...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 267A, I will speak also to Amendments 267B and 267C.

Amendment 267A proposes a new form of unpaid adjustment leave similar to parental leave—a modest entitlement of a one-off period of at least four weeks for a kinship carer during the first year after a child...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendment 267E and also Amendment 268A, I can be brief because the ground we have covered today has been leading up to a number of the points that I would have made if I had had more time and needed to break new ground. The...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendment 267E and also Amendment 268A, I can be brief because the ground we have covered today has been leading up to a number of the points that I would have made if I had had more time and needed to break new ground. The...

Letter dated 05/12/2013 from Viscount Younger of Leckie to Baroness Lister of Burtersett regarding the debate on shared parental leave during the Committee stage of the Children and Families Bill. 4 p.

Letter dated 05/12/2013 from Viscount Younger of Leckie to Baroness Lister of Burtersett regarding the debate on shared parental leave during the Committee stage of the Children and Families Bill. 4 p.

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for statutory entitlement to leave of absence from employment for bereaved parents; and for connected purposes.

I seek leave to introduce a Bill to amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 to give all parents who have...

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for statutory entitlement to leave of absence from employment for bereaved parents; and for connected purposes.

I seek leave to introduce a Bill to amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 to give all parents who have...

Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 104). To be read a second time on 18 October.

Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 104). To be read a second time on 18 October.

I. Letter dated 07/2013 from Lord Nash to Lords regarding the Second Reading of the Children and Families Bill on 2 July 2 p. II. Annex to letter. 47 p.

I. Letter dated 07/2013 from Lord Nash to Lords regarding the Second Reading of the Children and Families Bill on 2 July 2 p. II. Annex to letter. 47 p.

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

My Lords, it is my great privilege to open the Second Reading debate of the Children and Families Bill. When I came into this job, I swore that I would do what I had successfully done over the previous 30 years: keep control of my diary. I gave that idea...

My Lords, it is my great privilege to open the Second Reading debate of the Children and Families Bill. When I came into this job, I swore that I would do what I had successfully done over the previous 30 years: keep control of my diary. I gave that idea...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to this important Children and Families Bill and welcome him to the Dispatch Box for his first major task as a Minister—steering the Bill through your Lordships’ House. I look forward to debating with him during our proceedings.

It is good finally...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to this important Children and Families Bill and welcome him to the Dispatch Box for his first major task as a Minister—steering the Bill through your Lordships’ House. I look forward to debating with him during our proceedings.

It is good finally...