Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Extend paternity leave to 6 weeks

Two weeks isn’t long enough for a man to support there partner during the early stages and needs to be extended

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/259677

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