Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 12 December 2023Answered: 18 December 2023

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

My hon. Friend makes a good point. The Conservative party wants to get rid of maternity pay, but keep hereditary peers. It is the same old Tories. This is an important issue that she has raised. The letters are honest, powerful and important, and I think they hold up a mirror to our country. We will deliver a Budget that drives economic growth, improves the lives of working people, fixes our public services and rebuilds our country with a decade of national renewal.