Should babies be allowed in House of Commons?

STELLA CREASY MP should reconsider bringing her baby to work in the House of Commons. Children can be a pleasant distraction in the workplace — if it’s a quick visit. If you work at a nursery or are a nanny, then bringing along your infant would probably be OK, but not all work environments are conducive to such an arrangement. Family comes first, but there must be consideration towards your work colleagues.

EMILIE McRAE, Trowbridge, Wilts. WILL Stella Creasy have a baby changing mat on the green benches? Will a bottle warmer be provided? What happens when the House of Commons gets a bit rowdy? Will MPs be told to ‘shush!’ in case they wake the infant? Where are we going to draw the line: will police officers cradle their infants while chasing criminals and mothers in the Armed Forces take their babies onboard ships or in tanks? Has any consideration been given to health and safety? And what about the disruption to other MPs, especially those who go to the Commons to get away from their kids.

BARRY DAVIES, Chorley, Lancs. FEW other mothers in the country can bring their baby to work and instead have to pay for expensive childcare. Looking after a baby is a full-time job, so how can Ms Creasy also do her work as an MP?

PETER BELCHER, Barton-le-Clay, Beds. THIS issue highlights the fact MPs don’t live in the real world. What next: jurors’ babies in court during a trial or in the operating theatre while their surgeon parent performs a heart transplant? There is a time and place for children.

P. BROWN, Newcastle, Staffs. FOLLOWING the furore over Stella Creasy MP taking her infant into the chamber of the House of Commons, it has been reported that the Prime Minister is in favour of her action. I’m sure many of us have long held the view the chamber is already occupied by children.

DES MORgAN, Swindon, Wilts. IT’S all very well MPs taking their babies into the House of Commons, but what if there is a sudden outburst of screaming, screeching and crying? That could easily wake up the infants.

T. C. RUSLINg, Cottingham. E. Yorks.