Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 Debate
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Baroness Garden of Frognal
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Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026
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Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con)
My Lords, these Benches offer our wholehearted support for these regulations, and I know our colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, if he were not involved in the Chamber on the Crime and Policing Bill, would join me in supporting them.
The sort of circumstances we are speaking of can be some of the most devastating circumstances and experiences. This is the sort of grief that does not pause, that does not observe working hours and that demands time, space and the presence of everyone in support. At least, then, the grief can be borne. I pay tribute, as has the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Lloyd of Effra, to those who have secured—
The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Garden of Frognal)
My Lords, the Committee stands adjourned and will resume at 5.53 pm.