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Evening Standard
Business
Helen Corbett

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Business secretary will not yet commit to backing miscarriage leave amendment - Caught on Camera

Jonathan Reynolds said he would try to deliver the change on bereavement entitlement for pregnancy loss (PA) - (PA Wire)

The Business Secretary has said he is “sympathetic” to an amendment seeking to extend bereavement entitlement for miscarriages before 24 weeks but could not yet commit to supporting it.

He said there might be a “better mechanism” to take it forward than the Employment Rights Bill, which the Women and Equalities Committee has said it intends to put forward an amendment to.

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