Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he has taken to support expectant parents in full time employment.

The government is committed to supporting working parents. Through the Employment Rights Act, we are improving access to flexible working, which will support parents to fit work around their family life. We are also introducing enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers, protecting them at a time when they face a unique risk to their job security.

Additionally, we have committed to a Review of the Parental Leave and Pay system and are exploring how the system can better support working families and reflect the realities of modern work and childcare.