Committees

Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave

Inquiry

Unequal division of childcaring responsibilities is a key driver of wider gender inequality and the gender pay gap. The Women and Equalities Committee is examining options for reform of the statutory shared parental leave scheme and statutory paternity rights with the aim of identifying the most effective ways of incentivising more equal sharing of childcare and wider domestic responsibilities between mothers and their partners.

Our survey on shared parental leave is now closed.

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The deadline for submissions was Friday 7 February 2025.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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6th Report - Equality at work: Paternity and shared parental leave
Inquiry Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave
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Oral evidence transcripts

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1 April 2025
Inquiry Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave
Witnesses Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Aviva, and Trade Union Congress (TUC)
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Oral Evidence
25 March 2025
Inquiry Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave
Witnesses Aviva, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and Trade Union Congress (TUC)
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26 February 2025
Inquiry Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave
Witnesses Alex Lloyd Hunter (Co founder at The Dad Shift), Joeli Brearley (Founder and Director at Pregnant Then Screwed), Karla Capstick (A Better Start Nottingham, The National Children's Bureau with Imanuel Ben Israel, dad and programme participant), Abby Jitendra (Principal Policy Adviser at Joseph Rowntree Foundation), Dr Gemma Mitchell (Associate Professor in Law at University of East Anglia), Dr Sarah Forbes (Co-Director at The Equal Parenting Project), and Jemima Olchawski (Chief Executive at The Fawcett Society)
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Dr Gemma Mitchell (SPL0058)
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The Equal Parenting Project (SPL0057)
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ABI (SPL0056)
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