{"value":{"id":1752682,"askingMemberId":4131,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","uin":"21986","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on introducing more flexible paternity leave.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4418,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-10T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is committed to ensuring that employed parents receive the best possible support to balance their work and family responsibilities.</p><p>The Employment Rights Bill will increase the flexibility of Paternity Leave. This Bill will make Paternity Leave available from ‘day one’ in a new job and enable it to be taken after Shared Parental Leave.</p><p>We will also review the parental leave system to ensure that it supports working families. Planning work is already underway across Government, including with the Department of Work and Pensions.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Paternity Leave","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1752682","method":"GET"}]}