House of Commons
Tabled 17 October 2018
2017-19 Session
2017-19 Session
That this House notes that fathers, partners of adopters and intended parents having children through surrogacy are entitled to one or two weeks' statutory paternity leave; believes that this disadvantages fathers and entrenches the presumption that women are primarily responsible for raising children; further notes that better paternity leave and pay has the potential to meet the Government's objective of supporting fathers to be at home around the time of their child's birth; further believes that the regulations require updating to meet the needs of the modern family in a changing workforce; understands that the objective of supporting fathers to share care cannot be met if paternity pay is set at a rate that only better-off fathers are able to take time off at the start of their child's life; acknowledges that some employers offer enhanced leave or pay, including the Scottish Government, which offers staff four weeks' paternity leave on full pay; and notes the view that families across the UK would benefit from such practices being adopted by other employers.
Signatures (22)
1
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
Primary
2
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
3
Grant, Peter
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
4
Gethins, Stephen
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
5
Linden, David
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
6
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
22 October 2018
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
22 October 2018
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
26 October 2018
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
Gaffney, Hugh
Labour
23 October 2018
George, Ruth
Labour
25 October 2018
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
Hill, Mike
Labour
24 October 2018
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
22 October 2018
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
19 November 2018
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
18 October 2018
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
18 October 2018
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
18 October 2018
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
17 October 2018
Wishart, Pete
Scottish National Party
21 November 2018