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MPs in call for "baby leave"

MPs are calling for members of the Commons who have had a baby or adopted a child to be allowed - for a time - to vote by proxy: getting another MP to vote for them.

Harriet Harman, the former Labour Deputy Leader, proposed that "baby leave" should be available to MPs who wanted it. Rachel Byrne reports.

And there is more from Today in Parliament on 大象传媒 Radio Four at 2330.

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