Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Natalie Fleet Excerpts

Wednesday 10th December 2025 Commons Chamber

[Shaun Davies (Telford) (Lab)]

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

[Natalie Fleet (Bolsover) (Lab)]

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

[Sir Mel Stride]

I will in a moment.

We have seen the consequences of that up and down our country. I have spent a lot of time speaking to employers—from the large employers down to those on the high streets. They are all struggling and they do so because of the decisions that were taken by this Chancellor.

[Natalie Fleet]

I welcome the debate and I thank the shadow Chancellor for giving way on the point about women. We are here to talk about the conduct of the most powerful woman in this country, who used her Budget to remove the rape clause, to take children out of poverty and to give justice to miners in my patch. That never would have happened without her. I welcome this moment to celebrate our Chancellor, and I thank the right hon. Gentleman for it.

[Sir Mel Stride]

I thank the hon. Lady for that passionate intervention. The best way to get people out of poverty is through work. To the point made by the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell), the record of the last Government was exemplary. We had 4 million more jobs, and 800 new jobs every day under the last Conservative Government.