A real privilege to lead the debate today to put on record the voices & concerns of so many parents. Huge admiration for the petition creator Nicola Sheridan who, amongst preparing for her baby to arrive & the subsequent nappies and feeding, brought this petition to Parliament.
We have scheduled a Westminster Hall debate relating to the cost of living and statutory parental pay for Monday 19 June at 4.30pm.
The debate will be opened by @CatMcKinnell.
A relevant petition asking for an increase in maternity pay received over 38,000 signatures.
Reminder that the choreographed chaos is Westminster is intended to distract you from the real issue: that Casa Amor is wrapping up early, with no postcard 😩
Might be a long shot BUT rather than complaining about SMP not changing when the cost of living just keep rising…I wanted to at least try & do something!
Petition needs more than 10k sigs to be discussed in parliament.
PLEASE sign and share x
https://t.co/u9lpQEWTLT
Please sign this all. Can imagine we're two of god knows how many soon to be parents that are absolutely bricking it. No idea how we'll be able to afford it all.
Please can people sign this? Even with an increase it's going to be a struggle on SMP, but at least it's something to reflect how much the cost of living has gone up.
Petition: Increase statutory maternity pay in line with cost of living crisis https://t.co/E0pUIQBvBz