questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the Fire Brigades Union campaign for improved maternity rights in the Fire and Rescue Service; and if she will make a statement.
answerText: Setting fire pay and conditions, including setting a minimum national maternity entitlement, is the responsibility of employers, working through the National Joint Council.The Home Office plays no role in the negotiation or funding of firefighter pay. 
heading: Fire and Rescue Services: Maternity Rights