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Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 February 2026

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Two-child Benefit Cap: Foreign-born Children

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My Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. I agree that the public do support the safety net of welfare, provided that it is targeted and fair, and goes to British people rather than migrants to the country. However, the Government’s own data shows that fewer than 1% of those who will benefit from the uplift in universal credit have both parents working, and 41% of families have no one working. This does not seem fair to a lot of working families, who have to make very hard choices about the size of their own family. So how many exactly of the “most people” the Minister refers to are British and how many are not?
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