It was announced on 4 February 2021 that the government was going to update the law to allow Attorney General Suella Braverman, who was expecting her second child, to take six months of maternity leave.

[3] Adoption, shared parental leave, longer-term sickness absence, unpaid ministerial roles and the position of backbench MPs were all set to be revisited before the summer recess in 2021.

[7] Ministers have no rights of maternity leave, as their status and constitutional position means that they are not treated as workers or employees.

[3] The first "locum MP" job, to cover constituency work but not sit or vote in the House of Commons, was advertised in 2019.

[3] Additionally, Yvette Cooper has argued that the Act does not include any provisions for male ministers to take longer paternity leave.

[3] James Hand says that the House of Commons spent four hours over the bill, with significant time being devoted to the question of using gender neutral language.