Pregnant pause on baby leave proxy vote vexes MPs

Harriet Harman, who brought a resolution on the issue of parental leave, says a long-overdue change to Commons procedures is needed.Among the many issues to be considered by MPs before Wednesday’s crucial vote on the EU withdrawal bill is one particular complexity faced by a handful of them: the implications of late pregnancy.With no formal parental leave system in place in the Commons, the precise numbers on the key amendment vote could be swayed by the fact that three MPs who would vote