Pregnancy Discrimination And Employment Tribunal Time Limit
EDM number 1084 in 2016-17, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 20/03/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families, Employment, Equality, Mental health and Sex discrimination.
That this House notes the key findings of research funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and undertaken by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that some 54,000 women a year are forced out of work by pregnancy or maternity discrimination, and that 77 per cent of working mothers endure negative or discriminatory treatment at work; further notes that 81 per cent of women who responded to a recent survey by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Maternal Mental Health Alliance experienced at least one episode of a mental health problem during or after their pregnancy; is concerned that, due to a lack of free legal advice, the prohibitive cost of employment tribunal fees, and a restrictive time limit of three months, fewer than one per cent of the women affected by pregnancy or maternity discrimination bring an employment tribunal claim; welcomes the clear recommendation by both the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Women and Equalities Committee of this House that the time limit be increased to six months for pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims; and calls on the Government to demonstrate its very welcome commitment to tackling such unlawful discrimination by acting on this recommendation at the earliest possible opportunity.
This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Caroline Lucas | 20/03/2017 | Brighton, Pavilion | Green | Proposed |
Jess Phillips | 20/03/2017 | Birmingham, Yardley | Labour | Seconded |
Angela Crawley | 20/03/2017 | Lanark and Hamilton East | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Sarah Olney | 20/03/2017 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Liz Saville Roberts | 20/03/2017 | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
Jo Stevens | 20/03/2017 | Cardiff Central | Labour | Seconded |
Drew Hendry | 20/03/2017 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Kate Green | 20/03/2017 | Stretford and Urmston | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Gethins | 20/03/2017 | North East Fife | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Tulip Siddiq | 20/03/2017 | Hampstead and Kilburn | Labour | Signed |
Melanie Onn | 20/03/2017 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
Stuart McDonald | 20/03/2017 | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Tracy Brabin | 20/03/2017 | Batley and Spen | Labour | Signed |
Mark Williams | 21/03/2017 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jonathan Edwards | 21/03/2017 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Yvonne Fovargue | 21/03/2017 | Makerfield | Labour | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 21/03/2017 | Arfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Gavin Robinson | 21/03/2017 | Belfast East | DUP | Signed |
Chris Stephens | 21/03/2017 | Glasgow South West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Alan Meale | 21/03/2017 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
Margaret Ritchie | 21/03/2017 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
Mark Durkan | 21/03/2017 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
Michael Weir | 21/03/2017 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Jim Shannon | 22/03/2017 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
Lady Hermon | 22/03/2017 | North Down | Independent | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 22/03/2017 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 22/03/2017 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Rushanara Ali | 22/03/2017 | Bethnal Green and Bow | Labour | Signed |
Naseem Shah | 22/03/2017 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 22/03/2017 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
Chris Law | 22/03/2017 | Dundee West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
John McNally | 22/03/2017 | Falkirk | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Natalie McGarry | 22/03/2017 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Paul Monaghan | 22/03/2017 | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Gareth Snell | 23/03/2017 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
Virendra Sharma | 23/03/2017 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
Kirsty Blackman | 24/03/2017 | Aberdeen North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Alison Thewliss | 24/03/2017 | Glasgow Central | Scottish National Party | Signed |
John Nicolson | 24/03/2017 | East Dunbartonshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Tommy Sheppard | 27/03/2017 | Edinburgh East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 27/03/2017 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Ruth Smeeth | 27/03/2017 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
George Howarth | 27/03/2017 | Knowsley | Labour | Signed |
Tom Brake | 27/03/2017 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Eilidh Whiteford | 27/03/2017 | Banff and Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Norman Lamb | 27/03/2017 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Vernon Coaker | 28/03/2017 | Gedling | Labour | Signed |
Adrian Bailey | 29/03/2017 | West Bromwich West | Labour | Signed |
George Kerevan | 29/03/2017 | East Lothian | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Owen Thompson | 29/03/2017 | Midlothian | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Carol Monaghan | 29/03/2017 | Glasgow North West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Richard Arkless | 29/03/2017 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Hannah Bardell | 30/03/2017 | Livingston | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Martyn Day | 30/03/2017 | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Colleen Fletcher | 30/03/2017 | Coventry North East | Labour | Signed |
Alan Brown | 30/03/2017 | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Lisa Cameron | 30/03/2017 | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Rachael Maskell | 30/03/2017 | York Central | Labour/Co-operative | Signed |
John Pugh | 30/03/2017 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 18/04/2017 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
David Lammy | 18/04/2017 | Tottenham | Labour | Signed |
Louise Ellman | 18/04/2017 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour | Signed |
Calum Kerr | 18/04/2017 | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Helen Hayes | 18/04/2017 | Dulwich and West Norwood | Labour | Signed |
Tom Blenkinsop | 18/04/2017 | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
Alex Salmond | 18/04/2017 | | | Signed |
Clive Lewis | 20/04/2017 | Norwich South | Labour | Signed |
Angela Eagle | 20/04/2017 | Wallasey | Labour | Signed |
Patrick Grady | 24/04/2017 | Glasgow North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Robert Flello | 25/04/2017 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
Alistair Carmichael | 26/04/2017 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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