Baby Loss Awareness Week

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:57 pm on 9 October 2018.

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Photo of Jim Cunningham Jim Cunningham Labour, Coventry South 6:57, 9 October 2018

I want to take the opportunity of this intervention to congratulate Antoinette Sandbach, who has been tirelessly campaigning on baby loss for many years now. I have listened to these debates before and they are very difficult for everybody, even those who have no experience of baby loss. I can remember the issues around cot deaths, when women were charged and accused of perhaps harming their babies. But there is also the fairly recent problem—I think there are some ongoing investigations and prosecutions—where parents have lost their child at birth but still do not know the reason for that. I congratulate the hon. Member for Eddisbury once again for her tireless work in this area.