germany noted that there is an annual gender equality evaluation among the parliamentary staff to assess the allocation of positions within parliaments to women and men results indicate that genderbalance targets have been achieved in recent years of the respondents indicated that provisions regarding maternity leave for members of parliament are the same as those prescribed by national law four countries canada greece latvia and new zealand noted that the parliament has adopted its own policies in the case of latvia these policies were in accordance with the rules of procedure of the saeima and in the case of greece in accordance with law no