A current parliamentary responsibility of mine is sitting on the Employment Rights Bill Committee, where MPs from across the House scrutinise the Bill's contents. Alongside Lib Dem colleagues, Munira Wilson and Sarah Gibson, some amendments I have tabled include leave provisions for kinship carers. Kinship care is when a child is raised by a friend or relative, other than a parent, thereby supporting a child who may otherwise be in the care system. Paid, guaranteed leave is important for kinship carers to provide this support during what is often a difficult adjustment period for the child. If passed, these amendments will provide financial security to kinship carer families, and direct savings for the Government by allowing kinship carers to remain in employment.