Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Douglas McAllister

Wednesday 11th February 2026 Commons Chamber

[Douglas McAllister (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab)]

Q9. It is a source of great pride to Scottish Labour MPs that, as Chancellor, Gordon Brown lifted more children out of poverty than any other Chancellor before him. It is also a source of great pride that—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Mr Flynn, you don’t need to cover your mouth—I can still hear you. Your voice is louder than mine!

[Douglas McAllister]

It is also a source of great pride that the torch has now been passed to our Government. By removing the two-child benefit cap, we will lift more children out of poverty in a single Parliament than ever before—2,260 children in West Dunbartonshire and 95,000 children in Scotland. Does the Prime Minister agree that this demonstrates true Labour values in action across Scotland and the UK?