PROPOSALS from an SNP MP to give thousands of parents the right to paid neonatal care leave and pay have moved closer to becoming law.
MPs unanimously supported the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill at the third reading in the House of Commons on Friday, paving the way for it to receive further scrutiny in the House of Lords.
The bill would apply to parents of children who spend at least one week in a neonatal unit, which care for babies born prematurely, with medical complications, or with a low birth weight.