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Flexible Working For Carers

EDM number 1814 in 2017-19, proposed by Edward Davey on 06/11/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Community care and Employment.

That this House is concerned that, according to a survey by the charity Disability Law Service, 52 per cent of those caring for a disabled person are denied requests for flexible working and that 72 percent of carers would work, or would work more, if they could work flexibly; notes that this is unsurprising given that an employer has no duty to agree to flexible working and, when considering a carer's request for flexible working under the relevant law, does not even have to act reasonably; further notes that disabled people are entitled to have reasonable adjustments made in their workplace conditions in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 to ensure that they are able to work and can do so effectively; believes that it is not right that under current law a carer can only request flexible working, with no extra rights to flexible working than any other employee; and calls on the Government to introduce a Bill to amend the Equality Act to provide a right to reasonable adjustments for carers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Edward Davey06/11/2018Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratProposed
Ellie Reeves06/11/2018Lewisham West and PengeLabourSeconded
Chris Stephens06/11/2018Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySeconded
Stephen Lloyd06/11/2018EastbourneLiberal DemocratSeconded
Tom Brake06/11/2018Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Christine Jardine06/11/2018Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alex Cunningham06/11/2018Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Hugh Gaffney06/11/2018Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Ged Killen06/11/2018Rutherglen and Hamilton WestLabour/Co-operativeSigned
Rosie Cooper06/11/2018West LancashireLabourSigned
Catherine West06/11/2018Hornsey and Wood GreenLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma06/11/2018Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Ruth Smeeth06/11/2018Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Ruth George06/11/2018High PeakLabourSigned
Janet Daby06/11/2018Lewisham EastLabourSigned
Jess Phillips06/11/2018Birmingham, YardleyLabourSigned
Rachel Reeves06/11/2018Leeds WestLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff06/11/2018Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham06/11/2018Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Rosie Duffield06/11/2018CanterburyLabourSigned
Ruth Cadbury06/11/2018Brentford and IsleworthLabourSigned
Harriet Harman06/11/2018Camberwell and PeckhamLabourSigned
Layla Moran06/11/2018Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Wera Hobhouse06/11/2018BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Debbie Abrahams06/11/2018Oldham East and SaddleworthLabourSigned
Helen Hayes12/11/2018Dulwich and West NorwoodLabourSigned
David Linden12/11/2018Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Mike Hill12/11/2018HartlepoolLabourSigned
Michael Penning12/11/2018Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Jim Shannon12/11/2018StrangfordDUPSigned
Stephen Kinnock12/11/2018AberavonLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner12/11/2018BolsoverLabourSigned
Emma Reynolds13/11/2018Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly14/11/2018Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Matt Western14/11/2018Warwick and LeamingtonLabourSigned
Jamie Stone14/11/2018Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Seema Malhotra15/11/2018Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Jo Stevens19/11/2018Cardiff CentralLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael19/11/2018Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby28/11/2018Bolton North EastLabourSigned

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