Parliament recognises the need for flexible working patterns in legislation,but in practice it is still deeply unfriendly to women with children
As far as the trustworthiness of occupations goes, MPs are rated down in the gutter alongside used car dealers. The public has no sympathy for us and, or as someone who was in a non-political job until May,I can understand this.
It is an out-of-body experience in many ways to be elected to the mother of parliaments. Suddenly people you grew up watching on Spitting Image become your colleagues and supposed equals – I’m serving on a delegation with Ken Clarke and Peter Mandelson next week. Your workplace is the Palace of Westminster; it is awesome in the true sense of the word and deeply humbling. But as a mum I can inform you it is definitely not family-friendly.
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Source: theguardian.com