Career Breaks: Parents of Seriously Ill Children — [Valerie Vaz in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:30 pm on 3 February 2025.

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Photo of Robbie Moore Robbie Moore Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) 4:30, 3 February 2025

The hon. Member’s Intervention gets to the nub of the why this petition is so important: not all employers are doing the right thing by their employees. That parent may be a single parent or have no support around them, and they can end up in a very difficult situation, having to deal quite immediately with the challenge that they face. A lack of reassurance in the workplace can add to their anxiety.

intervention

An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.