Flexible Working Rights For Parents

EDM number 2796 in 2005-06, proposed by Helen Goodman on 18/10/2006.

That this House fully appreciates the valuable role performed by parents of all children aged under 18 years in the UK; recognises that many parents wish to work and need to do so to make ends meet in addition to providing support and care to their children; congratulates the Government on the extension of the right to request flexible work to carers from April 2007; encourages the Government to ensure that this right is extended to include all parents of children up to age 18 years; urges the Government to enable parents to combine flexible and fulfilling employment with their caring role, and to give employers the flexibility and productivity that they need from their staff; notes the 2003 statistics that 49 per cent. of businesses acknowledge that adaptability helps them to retain valued staff and that 30 per cent. of parents called for a more family friendly workplace; and further congratulates the Mothers' Union Flexible Families campaign for raising this issue.

This motion has been signed by a total of 81 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Helen Goodman	18/10/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Proposed
Sharon Hodgson	18/10/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Seconded
Alan Simpson	18/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
Joan Humble	18/10/2006	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Seconded
Helen Jones	18/10/2006	Warrington North	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	18/10/2006	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Shahid Malik	18/10/2006	Dewsbury	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	18/10/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Iain Wright	18/10/2006	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	18/10/2006	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	18/10/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	18/10/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/10/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	18/10/2006	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	18/10/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	18/10/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/10/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/10/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	19/10/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	19/10/2006	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	19/10/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	19/10/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/10/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/10/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/10/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/10/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	19/10/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/10/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/10/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	20/10/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	20/10/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	20/10/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	23/10/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	23/10/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	23/10/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	23/10/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/10/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	23/10/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	23/10/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	24/10/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Don Foster	24/10/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/10/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/10/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	25/10/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Paul Rowen	25/10/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	25/10/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	25/10/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	25/10/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/10/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/10/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	25/10/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	26/10/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	26/10/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	26/10/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
John Battle	26/10/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/10/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	26/10/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/10/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	30/10/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/10/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Goodwill	30/10/2006	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	30/10/2006	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	30/10/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/10/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Sadiq Khan	31/10/2006	Tooting	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	31/10/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	31/10/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	31/10/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	01/11/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	01/11/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	02/11/2006	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	02/11/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Joan Ruddock	06/11/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	06/11/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/11/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/11/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	06/11/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	06/11/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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