‘Hostility’: Babies banned from Parliament as ‘cats welcomed into chamber’, MP says
- 2 years ago
A Labour MP has criticised the speaker of the House of Commons for “welcoming cats into the chamber” while a report ruled babies could not be brought into Parliament by parents.
Labour MP Stella Creasy made headlines last year after she was criticised for bringing her young baby son into the House of Commons chamber in order to speak during a debate.
Now a report into the issue of children in Parliament has ruled MPs should continue “not to bring babies” into the chamber or other debating areas of the legislature.
And Ms Creasy, MP for Walthamstow and a mother-of-two, who has campaigned for maternity rights in the workplace has criticised the decision as “backward”.
Video: Parliament TV
Labour MP Stella Creasy made headlines last year after she was criticised for bringing her young baby son into the House of Commons chamber in order to speak during a debate.
Now a report into the issue of children in Parliament has ruled MPs should continue “not to bring babies” into the chamber or other debating areas of the legislature.
And Ms Creasy, MP for Walthamstow and a mother-of-two, who has campaigned for maternity rights in the workplace has criticised the decision as “backward”.
Video: Parliament TV