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Labour MP Stella Creasy has reacted after Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle asked a cross-party committee to consider the rules about bringing babies in the chamber.
Ms Creasy said she was “pleased to hear this” after Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle asked a cross-party committee to look at the current rules.
The mother-of-two was emailed by authorities on Tuesday, November 23 after bringing her breastfeeding son Pip into Westminster Hall.
Her son was observed throughout the debate and was praised by MPs for being as “as good as gold” before receiving the email from the private secretary to Deputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing after the debate.
Other countries show it doesn’t have to be this way – If you want things to change so politics and parenting can mix, please join our project to help directly support mums of young children to stand for office – sign up here at https://t.co/K0grxV6tZp ! pic.twitter.com/O2ArtvcHcH
— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) November 23, 2021
The Walthamstow MP has said that Parliament needs to be dragged into the 21st century she said as she encouraged her followers to join her campaign on Twitter.
Ms Creasy called on her followers to sign up via the social media platform, writing: “Other countries show it doesn’t have to be this way – If you want things to change so politics and parenting can mix, please join our project to help directly support mums of young children to stand for office – sign up here at http://thismumvotes.org!”
The Labour MP, who does not have maternity cover, said it appears “mothers in the mother of all parliaments are not to be seen or heard”.
What does the MP rulebook say about babies in the House of Commons?
Apparently Parliament has written a rule which means I can’t take my well behaved, 3-month old, sleeping baby when I speak in chamber. (Still no rule on wearing masks btw).
Mothers in the mother of all parliament are not to…
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Source : times
