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Andrew Quinn

Parents of premature and ill babies could be entitled to additional leave and pay under SNP plan

Parents of premature and ill babies could be entitled to additional leave and pay under a plan being pushed by the SNP at Westminster.

Stuart McDonald is the driving force behind the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill which will receive its third reading in the Commons today.

It would give parents paid leave if their baby spends seven or more consecutive days being cared for in a health setting before they are 28 days old.

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