Written question asked by Baroness Pitkeathley (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 April 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 April 2022. It was answered by Lord Callanan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 April 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Carers: Leave
- Question
-
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits to employers and carer employees of introducing a statutory right to carers' leave; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce legislation conferring such a statutory right.
- Answer
-
The Government has consulted on proposals for a statutory right to carer’s leave, including the benefits for both employers and employees. The Government response to this consultation was published in September 2021 and included an assessment of the consultation findings.
The legislative programme for the next parliamentary session will be set out at the Queen’s Speech.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL7716
- Session
- 2021-22
- Subjects
- Carers Leave
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2022-04-19 17:05:35 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/lords/2021-22/HL7716
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/lords/2021-22/HL7716
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/lords/2021-22/HL7716