Talk

Thanks for comments on sex/gender identity etc. That's enough on that topic now - we expect there to be lots of questions for Keir on all kinds of issues and don't want this to become a single issue webchat. Please bear in mind also that we'll be applying the same principle to follow-up questions when we're live on Monday too.
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MNHQ

@BeyondReasonablyDoubtsLots we've dropped you a line.

Hello Keir

Mumsnet has been running a campaign to get employers to publish their parental leave policies, so that people planning families don't have to guess what pay and leave they'll be allowed if they take maternity, paternity or other parental leave. Our users have told us they don't like to ask this question during the recruitment process because they fear it would make a job offer less likely.

We think publishing this policies is a really easy, cost-free thing for businesses to do, and could drive a race to the top for those employers who really value committed parents on staff.

Do you agree with us it should be compulsory for big employers, as with gender pay gap reporting?

We think that's enough follow-ups on the gender/self-ID topic now; as explained in the OP we're keen to ensure Sir Keir gets to answer as wide a variety of questions as possible (there are still lots of qs to be answered), and we don't want this webchat to be dominated by any one issue. We'll be deleting follow-ups from now on.

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MNHQ

Thank you for the Publish Parental Leave support, Sir Keir (more details here). No doubt we will be bothering you about this again

Thanks everyone for your contributions. Apologies to those whose questions we couldn't get to but I think Keir covered masses of ground. We're going to shut this chat now. Will be back soon with further Labour candidates for interrogation, we hope.