1/3 Baby William’s mother Zoe has unfortunately been called for jury service. Breastfeeding a 2 month old was not seen as a reason by junior @MoJGovUK officials to defer jury service. Surely that’s not fair to the baby, mother, defendant, or the court @RobertBuckland @MoJPress?

2/3 Anyone with experience of babies is going to know that a 2 month old in a jury box is going to cause significant disruption, & simply switching a breastfed baby to being bottle fed for a short trial really isn’t an option. Isn’t that right @BorisJohnson @LLLGB @DailyMailUK?

3/3 His parents, my friends are understandably very worried. As a new father I too can understand. Surely we have maternity leave for a reason & Zoe can serve when he’s a bit older? They live in your constituency @pauljholmes @hantschronicle. Picture shared with permission.