Clause 1 - Maternity pay period
Work and Families Bill
11:30 am
Meg Munn (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; Sheffield, Heeley, Labour)
In one sense, I am delighted to help; a full analysis can be found in a technical note on Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’ website, at—and this is the sense in which I am not delighted, because reading out website addresses is rarely easy; however, I will ensure that it is correct in Hansard—www.hmrc.gov.uk/pbr2005/smp.pdf.
Finally—I am determined to get to the end—the amendments would add more complexity, and would have the opposite effect to that which the Government want; we want to give parents the choice of staying at home for longer, and of looking after their child themselves during the first year of the child’s life. I therefore hope that the hon. Member for North Norfolk will consider withdrawing his amendment.