Flexible Working (EDM1218)

Flexible Working

EDM number 1218 in 2006-07, proposed by Lorely Burt on 27/03/2007.

That this House notes that employers are currently only obliged to consider flexible working requests from parents who have a child under the age of six years or a disabled child under the age of 18 years; further notes that parents, particularly mothers, can be forced to give up work as it is not flexible enough to be compatible with their childcare responsibility, which adds to gender economic inequality; acknowledges the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) research which shows that children benefit when parents are around more, particularly during periods of transition or at exam times; is aware that more fathers want to be involved in the care of their children; is conscious of further DTI research which shows that many employers reject certain requests for flexible working, particularly those from managerial employees; notes with concern that over a third of parents currently eligible are unaware of their entitlements; and calls for the right to request flexible working to be extended to parents of all children under 18 years and for greater awareness to be raised.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lorely Burt	27/03/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Susan Kramer	27/03/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jo Swinson	27/03/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Annette Brooke	27/03/2007	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Howarth	27/03/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	27/03/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	27/03/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	27/03/2007	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	27/03/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	27/03/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	27/03/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	27/03/2007	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	27/03/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/03/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	28/03/2007	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	28/03/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/03/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Holmes	28/03/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	28/03/2007	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	28/03/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	29/03/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	29/03/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	16/04/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	16/04/2007	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/04/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	16/04/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	16/04/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/04/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	17/04/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	18/04/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	18/04/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	19/04/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	23/04/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	23/04/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/05/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	03/05/2007	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/05/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	23/07/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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