Parliament, mothers deputies can now breastfeed in the Chamber

Deputy mothers, from now on, will be able to breastfeed their children until they complete their first year, during the sessions in the Chamber of the Chamber, participating in the proceedings MPs. This is the decision of the Council for the Regulations of Deputies, following the agenda “on the methods of participation of mother deputies in parliamentary work” in the internal budget of Deputies presented by Gilda Sportiello of the M5S and approved by Montecitorio in the session of 27 July 2022. But before that, in 2019, it had been the same Giorgia Meloniwho became a mother a few years ago, to propose it.

The provision derogates from the article of the Internal Regulations of the Montecitorio on the basis of which “no person from outside the Chamber may, under any pretext, enter the Chamber where its members sit” allows deputies who request to enter the Chamber during the sessions together with the son, to be able to breastfeed, at least in its first year of life, without having to give up participating in the work. Breastfeeding are dedicated «special stations located in the last upper row of the hemicycle or in a reserved grandstandpreviously and specifically identified by the College of Quaestors”.

According to Gilda Sportiello, «the possibility for female deputies to breastfeed in the hemicycle and in the voting stands is a step towards civilization that we are taking. After the ok of the junta for the regulation, the college of quaestors will now have to express itself on the modalities “, but the pentastellata who presented the agenda hopes ” that this novelty can already be implemented within the year “. speaking atHandle, she added: «There were some colleagues who, at the time of breastfeeding, had difficulty intervening. This allows full participation in parliamentary work e mother deputies will no longer be forced to choose whether to stay in the Chamber or breastfeed, in a delicate moment like the first year of a child’s life. That’s the important thing. Now, I hope that all the other institutions will also adapt ».

G20, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Bali with her daughter Ginevra