let s go straight tojosie anderson, the campaign policy manager at bliss. you work so hard and you helped pass the bill. welcome to the nation s phone in. how are you? good mornin: , nation s phone in. how are you? good morning. i m nation s phone in. how are you? good morning. i m good. nation s phone in. how are you? good morning, i m good, thank nation s phone in. how are you? (emf. morning, i m good, thank you. nation s phone in. how are you? good morning, i m good, thank you. you i morning, i m good, thank you. you must be pleased morning, i m good, thank you. you must be pleased and you must be proud as well, it was given the royal assent. as i say, it will become law for a while. what will it mean to parents? what will it mean to mums and dads? to mums and dads? yes, we are absolutely to mums and dads? yes, we are absolutely delighted to mums and dads? yes, we are absolutely delighted that - to mums and dads? yes, we are absolutely delighted that it - to mums and da
that this the bill and the reason you said that this morning, for employed people that this morning, for employed people to that this morning, for employed people to get extra time off, brilliant~ people to get extra time off, brilliant. but for a self employed person brilliant. but for a self employed person like myself, it was probably the hardest three months of my life. we had the hardest three months of my life. we had the the hardest three months of my life. we had the hour and a betterjourney to the we had the hour and a betterjourney to the hospital. i had a 12 year old daughter, to the hospital. i had a 12 year old daughter, six year old son, asking if they daughter, six year old son, asking if they are daughter, six year old son, asking if they are going to see mummy again. if they are going to see mummy again, because there were covid restrictions still. i again, because there were covid restrictions still. restrictions still. i want to bring ton in.
liverpool women s hospital. my wife stayed in liverpool women s forfive months, and i had a 250 mile round trip of the m6 every friday night. what happened with your triplets? yes, jules was born two days before miller and louise are, unfortunately she was very poorly, just after 24 weeks, 620 grams, something like that, and she lived for 17 days. and miller and jules were in hospital forfive months. they had miller and jules were in hospital for five months. they had so miller and jules were in hospital forfive months. they had so many problems. louisa had a hole in her heart repaired. they both had operations to fix detached retina is, louisa is blind in one eye and partially sighted on the other. and miller developed cerebral palsy and was very poorly, she was with us for ten years before we lost her in
took my deliver really early. a medical team took my wife down to southampton and she has took my wife down to southampton and she has to took my wife down to southampton and she has to stay down there for. well, she has to stay down there for. well, until she has to stay down there for. well, untilthey she has to stay down there for. well, until they could get it sorted out under well, until they could get it sorted out under control, which they never did. out under control, which they never did they out under control, which they never did. they were trying to wait until 30 weeks did. they were trying to wait until 30 weeks before they delivered, and they had 30 weeks before they delivered, and they had a 30 weeks before they delivered, and they had a whole host of problems coming they had a whole host of problems coming on they had a whole host of problems coming on. there were about four different coming on. there were about four different issues they were monito