50788
2017-19
323
Bereavement Leave For Parents
Patricia Gibson
2017-09-14
That this House fully understands the devastating effects on parents of losing a child; supports the idea that it is time for bereavement leave for working parents to be a statutory workplace right; recognises that it is the right thing to do so that parents can be assured of this protection and so that employers can follow statutory guidance to make any necessary arrangements; further understands that such leave is currently left to the discretion of employers resulting in a huge disparity between what parents receive at different organisations; is aware of a recent survey, commissioned by Child Bereavement UK in 2016, which showed that less than a third of UK adults who were working at the time of their bereavement said they felt very supported by their employer; takes cognisance of the fact that around 28 babies, children or young people under 25-years died every day in 2015; and urges the Government to consult fully with the bereavement support sector to make sure that statutory leave for bereaved parents who lose a child will work best for parents who find themselves in this terrible situation.
Children and families
Death
Employment
Industrial relations
Patricia Gibson
2017-09-14
Proposed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish National Party
Alison Thewliss
2017-09-14
Seconded
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
John McNally
2017-09-14
Seconded
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Stewart McDonald
2017-09-14
Seconded
Glasgow South
Scottish National Party
Ian Blackford
2017-09-14
Seconded
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish National Party
Patrick Grady
2017-09-14
Seconded
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
Peter Grant
2017-09-14
Signed
Glenrothes
Scottish National Party
Tommy Sheppard
2017-09-14
Signed
Edinburgh East
Scottish National Party
Gavin Newlands
2017-09-14
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2017-09-14
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Carol Monaghan
2017-09-14
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Marion Fellows
2017-09-14
Signed
Motherwell and Wishaw
Scottish National Party
Neil Gray
2017-09-14
Signed
Airdrie and Shotts
Scottish National Party
Martin Docherty
2017-09-14
Signed
West Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Chris Law
2017-09-14
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Brendan O'Hara
2017-09-14
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
David Linden
2017-10-09
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2017-10-09
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Jim Shannon
2017-10-09
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Ronnie Cowan
2017-10-09
Signed
Inverclyde
Scottish National Party
Kelvin Hopkins
2017-10-09
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Martyn Day
2017-10-09
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Angela Crawley
2017-10-09
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party
Jim Cunningham
2017-10-09
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
2017-10-10
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour/Co-operative
Gavin Robinson
2017-10-10
Signed
Belfast East
DUP
David Simpson
2017-10-10
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
Lady Hermon
2017-10-10
Signed
North Down
Independent
Ben Lake
2017-10-11
Signed
Ceredigion
Plaid Cymru
Marie Rimmer
2017-10-11
Signed
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
Grahame Morris
2017-10-11
Signed
Easington
Labour
Lisa Cameron
2017-10-12
Signed
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Scottish National Party
Liz Saville Roberts
2017-10-12
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Ruth George
2017-10-17
Signed
High Peak
Labour
Ellie Reeves
2017-10-18
Signed
Lewisham West and Penge
Labour
Alan Brown
2017-10-25
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Philippa Whitford
2017-10-25
Signed
Central Ayrshire
Scottish National Party
Douglas Chapman
2017-11-06
Signed
Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish National Party
Angus MacNeil
2017-11-20
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party