Cable Forum - View Single Post - Harriet Harman: Give MPs six months' paid maternity leave

Taf · 09-09-2017, 20:45

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41211741

In most workplaces, if a woman takes maternity leave, someone else is paid to take over the job for that period.

Obviously not easy when it's an MP they have to replace, not many agencies have ex-MPs from every constituency of the correct political flavour on their books.

So should the MP stand down as they won't be doing the job and can't be replaced without a by-election?

Ditto paternity leave of course.

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She obviously seems to think being an MP is a job, not a calling to represent her constituents.

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Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 68 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 9,812	Harriet Harman: Give MPs six months' paid maternity leave http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41211741 In most workplaces, if a woman takes maternity leave, someone else is paid to take over the job for that period. Obviously not easy when it's an MP they have to replace, not many agencies have ex-MPs from every constituency of the correct political flavour on their books. So should the MP stand down as they won't be doing the job and can't be replaced without a by-election? Ditto paternity leave of course. ---------- Post added at 20:45 ---------- Previous post was at 20:39 ---------- She obviously seems to think being an MP is a job, not a calling to represent her constituents.