Stephen Flynn

Stephen Flynn

Scottish National Party — Aberdeen South

Speaking in the House of Commons on 22 May 2025

Debate

Business of the House

Contribution

May I begin by echoing the revulsion of the Leader of the House in respect of the antisemitic murders in the United States of America in recent hours? “Cruel” and a policy that sees a third child treated “as almost a second-class citizen”. That is not my phrasing, but that of Gordon Brown in describing the Labour party’s two-child benefit cap—and it is the Labour party’s two-child benefit cap, because its Members went through the Division Lobbies to retain it just last year. In Scotland, we know that the SNP will scrap the two-child benefit cap. Based on the Prime Minister’s U-turn yesterday in respect of the winter fuel allowance, will the Leader of the House advise us on whether another one is likely in respect of this heinous policy?

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