Parental Leave (EDM263)

Parental Leave

EDM number 263 in 1998-99, proposed by Chris Pond on 02/02/1999.

That this House welcomes the Government's initiative to introduce, for the first time, parental and family leave; believes that this will help families and improve productivity through family-friendly employment policies; and calls on the Government to examine ways in which those on low incomes can be helped to afford to take the opportunity for better parenting which this right confers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 95 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris Pond	02/02/1999	Gravesham	Labour	Proposed
Syd Rapson	02/02/1999	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	02/02/1999	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	02/02/1999	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	02/02/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Fyfe	02/02/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	02/02/1999	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	02/02/1999	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/02/1999	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	02/02/1999	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kali Mountford	02/02/1999	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Rhodri Morgan	02/02/1999	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	02/02/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Harriet Harman	02/02/1999	Camberwell & Peckham	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	02/02/1999	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Salter	02/02/1999	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	03/02/1999	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	03/02/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	03/02/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Barnes	03/02/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/02/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	03/02/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	03/02/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	03/02/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	03/02/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	03/02/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	03/02/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	03/02/1999	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	03/02/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	03/02/1999	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/02/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	03/02/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	03/02/1999	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	04/02/1999	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/02/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	04/02/1999	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	04/02/1999	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	04/02/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	04/02/1999	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/02/1999	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Evan Harris	04/02/1999	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	04/02/1999	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	04/02/1999	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Michael Foster	04/02/1999	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	08/02/1999	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/02/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	09/02/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/1999	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	09/02/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/02/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	10/02/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	10/02/1999	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	10/02/1999	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/02/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	11/02/1999	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/02/1999	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	11/02/1999	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/02/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	11/02/1999	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Oona King	11/02/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	11/02/1999	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/02/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/02/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/02/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	15/02/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	15/02/1999	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/02/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	22/02/1999	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/02/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	22/02/1999	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	24/02/1999	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	25/02/1999	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/02/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	01/03/1999	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/03/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	05/03/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	08/03/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/03/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	25/03/1999	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Bradshaw	26/03/1999	Exeter	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	13/04/1999	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	13/04/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/04/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	28/04/1999	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	21/07/1999	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	22/07/1999	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	27/07/1999	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	10/11/1999	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Gerry Sutcliffe	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jacqui Smith	Unknown			Withdrawn

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