Question follow-through · 59803
Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has any plans to review the length of statutory paternity leave.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has any plans to review the length of statutory paternity leave.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to making sure that parents receive the best possible support to balance their work and home lives. The Employment Rights Bill will make Paternity Leave a ‘day one’ Right allowing eligible employees to give notice of their inte...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Imports: Occupied Territories
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9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of statutory paternity leave entitlements for self-employed parents.
Courier Services and Taxis: Conditions of Employment
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies on employment law of the adequacy of working rights of app-based (a) private hire drivers and (b) couriers.
Department for Business and Trade: Disciplinary Proceedings
15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials were investigated under his Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last 5 years.
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27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps he has taken with local councils to tackle the illegal use of fireworks in (a) Slough constituency and (b) Berkshire.
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Overseas Trade: India
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Foreign Companies: Property
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