British MP Stella Creasy was warned that she brought her three-month-old baby with her to the House of Commons, sparking new debate on Wednesday over the rights granted to MPs with children.
After she brought her child into Parliament, an opposition Labor MP tweeted an image of the official email she received, reminding her that the House of Commons system was amended last September and drawing her attention to the the fact that no MP was allowed to visit “with a child”. “Clearly I can’t come with my 3-month-old, polite and sleepy baby when speaking in a congregation,” a spokesperson tweeted to her, noting that “there is no written rule to replace wearing a mask.” She added: “It seems that mothers should not be seen or heard in Parliament.”
The ban on bringing children to the council was already in effect under the previous regime. However, the MP, who has long campaigned for better conditions for mothers to participate in political work, has previously brought her son or daughter to him. Chrissie showed up in the House of Commons in September with her newborn to ask her boss Jacob Rees-Mogg to support mothers rather than “clean out” them when they return to Parliament, who don’t have real maternity leave.
Since February, British ministers have been entitled to six months of paid maternity leave, during which they will be replaced by replacements when they were previously forced to resign. As for female non-government MPs, they are not being replaced, and since 2019 they can nominate someone to vote on their behalf, after Labor MP Tulip Seddik was forced to postpone a caesarean section, which she was to be. and arrived in a wheelchair so as not to miss the important Brexit vote.
