Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 21 November 2024, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 42 members in total.

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Carers Rights Day

That this House celebrates Carers Rights Day; recognises the hard and vital work unpaid carers do caring for their loved ones; notes that carers across the country support the wellbeing of millions of the most vulnerable in our society and contribute £184bn to the UK economy; further notes that health and care services and the NHS cannot function properly without the contribution of family and unpaid carers; regrets that hundreds of thousands of carers live in poverty, and suffer from social isolation; further regrets that two in five young carers are persistently absent from school; reaffirms the importance of existing rights for carers, such as unpaid carer’s leave; applauds the work of voluntary and charitable organisations like Carers UK, who have improved the lives of countless carers; and calls on the Government to mark this Carers Rights Day with action, including by making unpaid carer’s leave paid, introducing a generous entitlement to respite care, reforming Carer’s Allowance, establishing a Young Carers Pupil Premium, and ending the persecution of carers for overpayments of carers allowance.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

445 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Ed Davey

Steve Darling

Danny Chambers

Alison Bennett

Jess Brown-Fuller

Subjects

Carers

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk