Rebecca Smith
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
The following extract is from the Second Reading of the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill on 03 Feb 2026.
Rebecca Smith
Many of us on the Opposition Benches grew up on benefits. I am one of those people, and I was in fact worse off when the Labour Government came into power in 1997; they scrapped the child benefit and replaced it with working tax credit, and my mum supported my dad’s business and did not go to work in her own right while she raised her four children.
[Official Report, 3 February 2026; Vol. 780, c. 228.]
Written correction submitted by the hon. Member for South West Devon (Rebecca Smith):
Rebecca Smith
Many of us on the Opposition Benches grew up on benefits. I am one of those people, and I was in fact worse off when the Labour Government came into power in 1997; they scrapped family credit and replaced it with working tax credit, and my mum supported my dad’s business and did not go to work in her own right while she raised her four children.