Lib Dem business and equalities minister Jo Swinson has previously championed job sharing as a way to attract greater numbers of women into politics and suggested that a job share might actually be "easier" for the role of minister than MP.
Now she is making some interesting comments around the new shared maternity leave rights soon coming into play.
The change in the law will open up opportunities to parents of babies due to be born from April and will mean that new parents can, for the first time, divide a year's parental leave between them however they see fit.
The East Dunbartonshire MP is predicting that most new fathers will share "maternity leave" with their partners within a few years in order to spend more time at home with their children.
She said "I can imagine a scenario in five or 10 years where the majority of couples are using some degree of shared parental leave,"
"I would imagine that the majority would want to take it in some form."
For some couples this could mean taking just a few extra weeks leave after a baby's birth, she added.
"I think it will help to challenge some of the assumptions of some of the more dinosaur employers who, despite what the law says, might still be tempted in recruitment decisions to discriminate against women - because they might end up going off to have a baby,"
She also predicted "it would become more normal to take time out" to look after small children, if it became commonplace among both male and female staff.
And this, in turn, would help to reduce the "penalty" applied to many women's careers, she added.
She finished by saying that overall the policy sends the message that the "in-built assumption (among many) that the man's career is more important does not have any place in today's society", she said.
This new policy could see a landmark shift in the way that maternity leave is viewed and will give men every opportunity to spend quality time with their new families.
