Proxy voting arrangements are available to MPs who are new parents, who have experienced complications relating to childbirth, including bereavement, or are experiencing serious long-term illness or injury. You do not have to take up a proxy vote.
There is an expectation that Members making use of the proxy voting arrangements will be away from the parliamentary estate. Eligible Members should email the Public Bill Office (pbohoc@parliament.uk) for more details on how to apply for, and exercise, a proxy vote.