PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PARENTAL LEAVE (2 February 1999)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the Government's initiative to introduce, for the first time, parental and family leave; believes that this will help families and improve productivity through family-friendly employment policies; and calls on the Government to examine ways in which those on low incomes can be helped to afford to take the opportunity for better parenting which this right confers.
Sponsored by:
Mr Chris Pond (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
73
77%
Liberal Democrat
15
16%
Independent
6
6%
Non-affiliated
1
1%
Sponsor List (95 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
John Austin
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Lab
Mr Ben Bradshaw
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Martin Caton
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Michael Connarty
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Keith Darvill
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Barbara Follett
Lab
Michael Jabez Foster
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Baroness Harman
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Tom Levitt
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Mr Rhodri Morgan
Lab
Kali Mountford
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Chris Pond (Sponsor)
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Lab
Bill Rammell
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Baroness Smith of Malvern
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Ms Dari Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Lord Watts
Lab
Brian White
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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