Submitted on Sunday 1st November 2020
Rejected on Friday 4th December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Review the decision not to extend maternity leave
The government refused to extend maternity leave due to coronavirus earlier in the year. In light of a resurgence of the virus and new lockdown restrictions we desperately need government to reconsider their decision and extend maternity leave by at least 3 months.
New and expectant mothers during this pandemic have extremely little support. Because of government restrictions mothers and their babies are not allowed to mix with wider support circles as they aren't in their own household. What this means upon returning to work is that their babies will not be familiar with or may have never even met the people providing childcare, and may never have been without their mother. Therefore returning to work will be traumatic for both mother and child.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/557195
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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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