Babies barred from house of commons... WTAF

[AdamRyan]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61987339

Unbelievable that MPs who are mums can not take their babies into the HoC and therefore not be able to vote or participate in debates.

MPs don't get maternity leave either.

This seems like its going to be a significant hindrance to getting more female representation and also like we are going backwards in terms of women's participation in public life

I would argue that being a mother FT does not mean mothers can't be MPs. It would mean that someone could not be a FT at home mum of a small baby at the same time.

There are lots of experiences people have that are valuable to bring into government but which they don't combine at the same time.

I'm not all that enthusiastic about young MPs in any case.