MPs need maternity leave just as much as other public servants

Roderick McLeod and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority chair Ruth Evans on funding and support. As a director in the Department for Education, my daughter was entitled to 12 months’ maternity leave. Her right to care for her baby for those important early months was respected, and arrangements were made for her duties to be carried out during her absence. In contrast, Stella Creasy has no entitlement to maternity leave ( I’m pregnant, but denied maternity leave as an M