Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill

It is commonplace to congratulate Members for the passage of their Bill, but the hon. Gentleman w...

I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s support. He asks a perfectly fair question that I will com...

I was not in Committee, so I want to ask a particular question, and I am going to sound very smar...

The definition in the Bill encompasses neonatal care up to the 28th day of the new baby’s life. F...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, not only for calling me to speak but for making accommodations to enable m...

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mary Robinson). May I, too, echo the congr...

May I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones) for the emotional and per...

I congratulate my hon. Friend—indeed, my very good friend and constituency neighbour—the Member f...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that this Bill is vital because, at ...

My hon. Friend makes a very powerful point. The Bill will introduce two new rights: neonatal care...

It is an absolute pleasure to speak to this important Bill, which will make a difference to thous...

It is a pleasure to follow the eloquent and moving speeches of my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys...

As mentioned earlier, it is also important to look at the long-term anxiety and depression among ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and fully subscribe to his points. If it is not inde...

While the hon. Member is mentioning all the fantastic work that charities do to support parents e...

It gives me great pleasure to support the hon. Member’s comments—she also made a very moving and ...

It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd South (Simon Baynes), and l...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Sedgefield (Paul Howell), and I congratu...

This is a good measure proposed by a good and thoughtful Member of Parliament, with whom I have w...

May I be the final Back-Bench Member to pay tribute to the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth a...

I join the great queue of people congratulating the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirk...

I thank the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald) for ...

I am sorry, but I cannot sit here and listen to the Minister saying that his Government are not e...

We can have a good debate about this a week on Monday, but the Opposition parties seem to be argu...

Order. With respect, this is the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill.

I do apologise, Mr Deputy Speaker. Several Members referred to the matter in this debate, so I fe...

The Minister has just alerted me to a question, although I do not expect him to have the answer t...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments and I agree we should make the process as easy a...

With the leave of the House, I call Stuart C. McDonald to wind up the debate.

11.12 am

With the leave of the House, may I first thank the Minister and the shadow Minister for confirmin...