Supporting Working Parents And Carers (EDM249)

Supporting Working Parents And Carers

EDM number 249 in 2004-05, proposed by Helen Jones on 01/12/2004.

That this House values the contribution to society that millions of working parents and carers of elderly and/or disabled dependants make; recognises the difficulties that they face in trying to balance their responsibilities at home with their working lives and that three-quarters of the UK workforce have to deal with these problems; welcomes the Supporting Parents & Carers campaign by the shopworkers' union, USDAW; believes that most parents are unable to afford to take time off work to spend with their children when they need their parents because the parental leave is unpaid; is concerned that there is no right to paid time off for carers; calls upon the Government to introduce paid time off for parents of children up to 16 years old and carers of dependants; further calls on the Government to include parents of children up to 16 and carers in the right to request flexible working and to require employers to justify such a request being refused; and further believes that these measures will help parents to be there for their children when they need them, to relieve the burdens on carers and on health and social services, and to help deliver full employment in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Helen Jones	01/12/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Proposed
Kerry Pollard	01/12/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hughes	01/12/2004	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/12/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	01/12/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	01/12/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/12/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	02/12/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Austin	02/12/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	02/12/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/12/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/12/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	02/12/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/12/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Glenda Jackson	02/12/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	02/12/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	02/12/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Tony Colman	02/12/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	06/12/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	06/12/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/12/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/12/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/12/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	06/12/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/12/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	06/12/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	06/12/2004	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/12/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	07/12/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/12/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	07/12/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/12/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/12/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	07/12/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/12/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/12/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	08/12/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	08/12/2004	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	09/12/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	13/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/12/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	21/12/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/01/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	24/01/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Russell Brown	09/02/2005	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	09/02/2005	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	21/02/2005	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	23/02/2005	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	25/02/2005	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	03/03/2005	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	10/03/2005	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	14/03/2005	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/04/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed

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